Definition of "apoenzyme" []

• The protein component of an enzyme, to which the coenzyme attaches to form an active enzyme. (noun)

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• "The slow conformational change is responsible for the apparent tight binding of NADH to the apoenzyme but is too slow to participate in the catalytic cycle when the enzyme is rapidly turning over."
• "(apoenzyme without flavin addition [8]) [8] 3.5 (apoenzyme with addition of FMN [8]) [8] 11.7"
• "[2] (apoenzyme is crystallized by dialysis method, using ammonium sulfate as the precipitant [18]) [18] Cloning"