active site

NOUN
  1. the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs
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How To Use active site In A Sentence

  • The second step involves binding of phospholipid molecules in the active site of the adsorbed enzyme.
  • The implementation of the aldol reaction in the active site of an enzyme has been an important challenge. Biosingularity
  • This reaction causes the shift of a neighboring amino acid, which eventually leads to the rigidification of two otherwise flexible loops, one of which provides two histidine residues necessary to complete the enzymatically competent active site architecture. Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue
  • It may not be entirely coincidental that many modern biological catalysts have zinc ions in their active sites. Infinite in All Directions
  • The active site of peptidoglycan lysis is disrupted in lactalbumin.
  • Klaus wanted me to analyze the active site of the enzyme aspartate transcarbamylase by chemically modifying different amino acids within it, and gave me a bench in a student lab. Martin Chalfie - Autobiography
  • They are running at an average of just under one house per fortnight on active sites. The Sun
  • The active site or prosthetic group of all the cytochromes is an iron containing porphyrin, or heme.
  • The long hydrophobic tail of vinyl butyrate was placed along the hydrophobic cleft of the active site, while the bulky phenyl ring was fitted on the opposite side.
  • They are running at an average of just under one house per fortnight on active sites. The Sun
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