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Enzyme vs Recombinase - What's the difference?

enzyme | recombinase |

As nouns the difference between enzyme and recombinase

is that enzyme is a globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction while recombinase is any of several enzymes that mediate recombination of DNA fragments between maternal and paternal chromosomes in prokaryotes.

enzyme

English

(wikipedia enzyme)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.

    • Derived terms

    * adaptive enzyme * apoenzyme * coenzyme * haloenzyme * holoenzyme * ribozyme ----

    recombinase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that mediate recombination of DNA fragments between maternal and paternal chromosomes in prokaryotes

    • See also

    *integrase *resolvase