Enzyme

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An organic protein substance produced by living cells and which acts as a catalyst in biological and biochemical changes such as synthesis, hydrolysis, oxidative degradation and isomerization. The name of the enzyme is usually formed from the name of the substrate to be broken down with the addition of the final syllable -ase.