active site

active site
active site n a region esp. of a biologically active protein (as an enzyme) where catalytic activity takes place and whose shape permits the binding only of a specific reactant molecule

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the part of an enzyme or other catalyst at which the reaction occurs; it is the three-dimensional region of the molecule that binds the substrate and facilitates its conversion to a reaction product. See also binding s. and catalytic s.

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