allostery

English

A – Active site
B – Allosteric site
C – Substrate
D – Inhibitor
E – Enzyme
Diagram of allostery in an enzyme.

Noun

allostery (uncountable)

1. The quality of being allosteric

Synonyms

• allosterism

Translations

the quality of being allosteric

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同體異位性 / 同体异位性 (tóngtǐ yìwèixìng), 變構性 / 变构性 (biàngòuxìng), 別構性 / 别构性 (biégòuxìng)

• Portuguese: alosteria f, alosterismo m

See also

• conformation

Further reading

• allostery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia