enzymogenesis

Noun

Meaning

enzymogenesis (plural enzymogeneses)

(biochemistry) The evolutionary development of function of an enzyme, typically used for alcohol dehydrogenases.
1992, Olle Danielsson; Hans Jörnvall, “"Enzymogenesis": classical liver alcohol dehydrogenase origin from the glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase line”, in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A‎, →DOI, page 9250:Hence, the two cod enzyme structures define the earlier events and illustrate the "enzymogenesis," or emergence of a unique enzyme.

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