A region on an enzyme that binds to a protein or other substance during a reaction.
〔生化〕活性部位
Example sentencesExamples
We propose that calcium ions set the machine in motion by initiating the contraction of the actin-myosin that they bind at active sites on the proteins.
According to simulations, such fast fluctuations could occur close to the active site of an enzyme.
Buried carboxylic groups from the side chains of aspartic and glutamic acids are often found in the active sites of proteins.
The second step involves binding of phospholipid molecules in the active site of the adsorbed enzyme.
Extremes of pH or temperature irreversibly abolish enzyme activity, and so also do some substances that bind to the active sites of particular enzymes.
Definition of active site in US English:
active site
noun
Biochemistry
A region on an enzyme that binds to a protein or other substance during a reaction.
〔生化〕活性部位
Example sentencesExamples
Extremes of pH or temperature irreversibly abolish enzyme activity, and so also do some substances that bind to the active sites of particular enzymes.
We propose that calcium ions set the machine in motion by initiating the contraction of the actin-myosin that they bind at active sites on the proteins.
Buried carboxylic groups from the side chains of aspartic and glutamic acids are often found in the active sites of proteins.
The second step involves binding of phospholipid molecules in the active site of the adsorbed enzyme.
According to simulations, such fast fluctuations could occur close to the active site of an enzyme.