ENZYMATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enzymatic mean? 

• ENZYMATIC (adjective)
  The adjective ENZYMATIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or produced by an enzyme

  Familiarity information: ENZYMATIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENZYMATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or produced by an enzyme

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

Derivation:

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

 Context examples 

Nucleotide Biosynthesis consists of activities of biologic molecules or complexes involved in the enzymatic formation of nucleoside phosphates, the monomeric building blocks from which DNA or RNA polymers are constructed.

(Nucleotide Biosynthesis Process, NCI Thesaurus)

Subcellular respiratory organelles containing catalase and hydrogen peroxide-producing flavin oxidases among its enzymatic constituents, which carry out an essentially oxidative type of metabolism

(Peroxisome, NCI Thesaurus)

In CBP it is an integral part of the acetyltransferase enzymatic core domain and contributes to CBP transcriptional activity.

(PHD Finger, NCI Thesaurus)

Phosphorylated inositols are released as second messengers by enzymatic cleavage of the phosphoinositides.

(Phosphoinositol Kinase Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

AUH is also homologous to enol-CoA hydratase, an enzyme involved in fatty acid degradation, and has been shown to have intrinsic hydratase enzymatic activity.

(AU RNA Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

The binding interferes with the enzymatic dephosphorylation of the C55-isoprenyl pyrophosphate and prevents peptidoglycan synthesis, thereby inhibiting bacterial cell growth.

(Bacitracin, NCI Thesaurus)

The enzymatic activity results in the increased permeability of cellular membranes.

(Permease, NCI Thesaurus)

Reversible binding of calcium with proteins often supports protein structure or induces an alteration of protein activity in enzymatic or cell signaling cascades.

(Calcium Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Replicated and transcribed by a separate enzymatic machinery from that of nuclear DNA, mtDNA encodes only a subset of mitochondrial functions.

(Mitochondrial DNA, NCI Thesaurus)

Neutrophils are important phagocytotic leukocytes (white blood cells) that internalize and destroy infectious bacteria by a respiratory burst of reactive oxygen species and by enzymatic digestion.

(Neutrophil Surface Molecule Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)