different between enzyme vs allozyme

English

Etymology

From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ?? (en, “in”) +? ???? (zúm?, “sourdough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.za?m/
• Rhymes: -a?m
• Hyphenation: en?zyme

Noun

enzyme (countable and uncountable, plural enzymes)

1. (biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.
2. (Christianity) leavened bread, as opposed to azyme

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Further reading

• enzyme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?? (en, “in”) +? ???? (zúm?, “sourdough”)

Noun

enzyme m or f (plural enzymes)

1. (biochemistry) enzyme

Verb

enzyme

1. first-person singular present indicative of enzymer
2. third-person singular present indicative of enzymer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of enzymer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of enzymer
5. second-person singular imperative of enzymer

Further reading

• “enzyme” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Noun

allozyme (plural allozymes)

1. (genetics, biochemistry) Either form of an enzyme specified by an allelic gene.
   • 1997, Hydrothermal Vent Fauna, in Advances in Marine Biology: The Biogeography of the Oceans, page 111:

     […] suggesting the two are different stages of the same species. The identity of the two species is further suggested by allozyme analysis […]

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