allosteric effector

allosteric effector
an enzyme inhibitor or activator that has its effect at a site other than the catalytic site of the enzyme; see also under site, and see allostery.

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  • allosteric effector — allosteric effector. См. аллостерический эффектор. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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  • Allosteric regulation — In biochemistry, allosteric regulation is the regulation of an enzyme or other protein by binding an effector molecule at the protein s allosteric site (that is, a site other than the protein s active site). Effectors that enhance the protein s… …   Wikipedia

  • effector — 1. C. Sherrington term for a peripheral tissue that receives nerve impulses and reacts by contraction (muscle), secretion (gland), or a discharge of electricity (electric organ of certain bony fishes). 2. A small …   Medical dictionary

  • allosteric — Of a binding site in a protein, usually an enzyme. The catalytic function of an enzyme may be modified by interaction with small molecules, not only at the active site, but also at a spatially distinct (allosteric) site of different specificity.… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • Effector (biology) — For use of the term in immunology, see Effector cell. An effector is a molecule (originally referring to small molecules but now encompassing any regulatory molecule, including proteins) that binds to a protein and thereby alters the activity of… …   Wikipedia

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  • allosteric enzyme — (al o ster ik) An enzyme whose activity is altered by the binding of a small effector or modulator molecule at a regulatory site separate from the catalytic site; effector binding causes a conformational change in the enzyme and its catalytic… …   Dictionary of microbiology

  • allosteric site — a specific site on a multi subunit enzyme that is not the substrate binding site but that when reversibly bound by an effector induces a conformational change in the enzyme, altering its catalytic properties …   Medical dictionary

  • allosteric regulation — A catalysis regulating process in which the binding of a small effector molecule to one site on an enzyme affects the activity at another site …   Glossary of Biotechnology

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