Enzymes

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009860",
  "term": "Enzymes",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. (EN-zimes) Organic substances (produced by living organisms) which cause or speed up chemical reactions. Organic catalysts and/or biochemical catalysts.\n\n2. Biological molecules that possess catalytic activity. They may occur naturally or be synthetically created. Enzymes are usually proteins, however catalytic RNA and catalytic DNA molecules have also been identified.\n\n3. A protein that acts as a catalyst, speeding the rate at which a biochemical reaction proceeds but not altering the direction or nature of the reaction.\n\n4. Any of numerous proteins or conjugated proteins produced by living organisms and functioning as biochemical catalysts.\n\n5. Any of numerous proteins or conjugated proteins produced by living organisms and functioning as biochemical catalysts. (b) a protein that a living organism uses in the process of degrading a specific compound. The protein serves as a catalyst in the compound's biochemical transformation.\n\n6. Protein that starts or speeds up a chemical reaction.\n\n7. Protein that acts as a catalyst in biochemical reactions. Each enzyme is specific to a particular reaction or group of similar reactions.",
  "subject": "Laws, regulations and executive orders",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)",
    "DOE Human Genome Project Information Genome Glossary",
    "EPA Quality Assurance/Quality Control Guidance for Laboratories Performing PCR Analyses on Environmental Samples Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/nerlcwww/qa_qc_pcr10_04.pdf Glossary",
    "Office of Underground Storage Tanks Technical Terms",
    "National Biomonitoring Program Glossary",
    "EPA's Safer Choice Standard (February 2015) https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2013-12/documents/standard-for-safer-products.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/enzymes/"
}