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The 72 pages that link to Enzyme, each with the reason it gives.

• Oxidative stressNarrower topic: Many cellular antioxidant defenses are enzymes that convert reactive molecules into less harmful products.

• AcetylcholinesteraseNarrower topic: Acetylcholinesterase is a specialized enzyme with exceptionally rapid catalytic turnover.

• Calvin cycleNarrower topic: Distinct enzymes control each step in the cycle’s tightly ordered reaction sequence.

• BeerNarrower topic: Malt enzymes make grain starch accessible as fermentable sugars.

• PhosphorylationNarrower topic: Kinases and phosphatases are enzymes that add and remove phosphate groups.

• Spider venomNarrower topic: Enzymes in some venoms help alter tissues or facilitate the action of other components.

• BiocatalysisNarrower topic: Enzymes are the principal isolated catalysts used in biocatalysis.

• ATP hydrolysisNarrower topic: Enzymes lower activation barriers for ATP hydrolysis without changing its equilibrium.

• Metabolic pathwayNarrower topic: Each step is catalyzed by an enzyme that helps determine the pathway’s rate and specificity.

• Enzyme assayNarrower topic: The assay measures the catalytic activity of this molecule.

• Secondary metaboliteNarrower topic: Enzymes construct and modify secondary metabolites through successive reactions.

• Alcohol dehydrogenaseNarrower topic: Alcohol dehydrogenases are catalysts whose substrate specificity arises from their protein structures.

• AmylaseNarrower topic: Amylase is one member of this broader class of catalysts.

• AntimetaboliteNarrower topic: Enzymes are frequent targets when antimetabolites block a metabolic reaction.

• Enzyme inhibitionNarrower topic: Inhibition is defined by its effect on an enzyme’s catalytic activity.

• Laundry detergentNarrower topic: Detergent enzymes break down protein, starch, and fat stains into more washable fragments.

• PeroxisomeNarrower topic: Peroxisomal functions depend on enzymes that catalyze oxidation and detoxification.

• Enzyme engineeringNarrower topic: Enzymes are the molecules that engineering efforts modify or select.

• CellulaseNarrower topic: Cellulase belongs to this broader class of reaction catalysts.

• Cyanogenic glycosidesNarrower topic: Enzymes initiate and complete the reactions that release cyanide from these compounds.

• Metabolic engineeringNarrower topic: Engineered pathways depend on enzymes to carry out each conversion.

• RuBisCONarrower topic: RuBisCO’s catalytic role follows the general principles of enzyme action.

• CoenzymeNarrower topic: A coenzyme assists an enzyme but does not usually catalyze the reaction alone.

• Eduard BuchnerNarrower topic: His discovery helped establish enzymes as chemical agents that work outside intact cells.

• LactaseNarrower topic: Lactase is one enzyme whose catalytic activity enables lactose digestion.

• Chemical biologyNarrower topic: Many chemical-biology studies use enzyme activity as a manipulable, measurable function.

• KojiNarrower topic: Koji’s fermentation role depends on enzymes secreted by its mold.

• MaltingNarrower topic: Malting is valued partly because it develops a useful suite of grain enzymes.

• Tay–Sachs diseaseNarrower topic: Hexosaminidase A is an enzyme whose missing activity blocks GM2 degradation.

• Arthur HardenNarrower topic: Harden’s research strengthened the chemical study of enzymes and their necessary partners.

• Sidney AltmanNarrower topic: Altman’s findings showed that RNA, alongside proteins, can function as an enzyme.

• Enzyme unitNarrower topic: An enzyme unit quantifies the catalytic activity of an enzyme preparation.

• Hans von Euler-ChelpinNarrower topic: His prize recognized research on enzymes as agents of fermentation.

• James B. SumnerNarrower topic: Sumner’s work established that enzymes could have the chemical character of proteins.

• John Howard NorthropNarrower topic: Northrop’s purified crystals linked enzyme activity to a definable chemical substance.

• Alternative biochemistryNarrower topic: Catalysis is essential to life, but alternative systems need not use familiar protein enzymes.

• EnzymologyNarrower topic: Enzymology takes enzymes as its primary objects of study.

• History of biochemistryNarrower topic: Enzyme research turned biological transformations into experimentally tractable chemical reactions.

• Maud MentenNarrower topic: Menten’s early experiments sought general rules for how enzymes catalyze reactions.

• Biochemical cascadeNarrower topic: Enzymes carry out the successive reactions that give biochemical cascades their structure.

• John CornforthNarrower topic: The reactions Cornforth studied were catalyzed by enzymes.

• Plant metabolismNarrower topic: Enzymes control the rates and specificity of plant metabolic reactions.