apozymase Chem.
(ˌæpəʊˈzaɪmeɪs)
[G. (Neuberg & Gottschalk 1925, in Biochem. Zeitschr. CLXI. 248), f. apo- + zymase.]
The residue of zymase after separation of cozymase.
| 1926 Chem. Abstr. 923 (title) Apozymase and cozymase: phosphorylation. 1930 J. B. S. Haldane Enzymes 136 Zymase (yeast press-juice) can be separated into a colloidal, thermolabile fraction (apozymase), and a thermostable dialysable organic fraction (cozymase)... An amount of cozymase produces..activation of a given apozymase. 1946 Nature 21 Dec. 900/2 In the inactivation of cozymase by apozymase..the reaction velocity was little affected by variation in cozymase concentration. |