Enzyme

A protein that is a catalyst for some chemical reaction.

For an initial concrete example, consider e. Coli K-12 MG1655 gene thrA.

Video 1. How Enzymes Work by RCSBProteinDataBank (2017) Source. Shows in detail how aconitase catalyses the citrate to isocitrate reaction in the citric acid cycle.

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E. Coli K-12 MG1655 gene thrA
Integrase
Lysozyme
Reverse transcriptase
RNA polymerase

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E. Coli K-12 MG1655 gene thrA
Enantiomer
Lysozyme
Lysozyme structure resolution (1965)