allosteric

English

Etymology

From allo- (“other”) +‎ steric (“arrangement of atoms in space”).

Adjective

allosteric (comparative more allosteric, superlative most allosteric)

1. (biochemistry, of an enzyme) That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes macromolecular conformation or dynamics in order to become either active or inactive

Derived terms

• allosterically
• nonallosteric

 

Related terms

• allostery

Translations

of an enzyme: that binds a compound on an inactive site

• Arabic: تَفَارُغِيّ (tafāruḡiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 别构的 (biégòu de)

• Czech: alosterický
• German: allosterisch
• Italian: allosterico (it)
• Polish: allosteryczny
• Portuguese: alostérico

Noun

allosteric (plural allosterics)

1. (biochemistry) An allosteric modulator

Anagrams

• allocrites, cloisteral, corallites, sclerotial