heterotropic

heterotropic
het·ero·tro·pic -'trō-pik adj characterized by enzyme activity in which the substrate binds to the enzyme at only one site and a different molecule modifies the reaction by binding to an allosteric site <\heterotropic interactions> compare HOMOTROPIC

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het·ero·tro·pic (hetґər-o-tro″pik) [hetero- + -tropic] pertaining to an allosteric enzyme that is stimulated or inhibited by one or more effector molecules other than its substrate. Cf. homotropic.

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