"allosteric" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more allosteric [comparative], most allosteric [superlative]
Etymology: From allo- (“other”) + -steric. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|allo|steric|gloss1=other}} allo- (“other”) + -steric Head templates: {{en-adj}} 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 Categories (topical): Biochemistry Derived forms: allosterically, nonallosteric Related terms: allostery, orthosteric Translations (of an enzyme: that binds a compound on an inactive site): تَفَارُغِيّ (tafāruḡiyy) (Arabic), 别构的 (biégòu de) (Chinese Mandarin), alosterický (Czech), allosterisch (German), allosterico (Italian), allosteryczny (Polish), alostérico (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-allosteric-en-adj-Eb3tBErx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with allo-, English terms suffixed with -steric, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with allo-: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -steric: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 44 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Noun

Forms: allosterics [plural]
Etymology: From allo- (“other”) + -steric. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|allo|steric|gloss1=other}} allo- (“other”) + -steric Head templates: {{en-noun}} allosteric (plural allosterics)
  1. (biochemistry) An allosteric modulator Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-allosteric-en-noun-nMBqf8Al Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -steric, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -steric: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 42 58 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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