Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Coacting

👉 In the context of biophysics and molecular biology, a co-acting protein refers to a protein that has both an inhibitory and an activating effect on another protein. This concept is often used in the study of enzyme-catalyzed reactions, where one enzyme may be inhibited by another, but also activate it when activated. For example, in the enzyme catalase (an enzyme found in plants), the co-acting protein is the enzyme itself, which inhibits the reaction and then activates

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