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defined:
A protein that encourages a biochemical reaction, usually speeding it up. Organisms could not function if they had no enzymes.
explained:
Listen to a detailed explanation. Dr. Robert Nussbaum, formerly of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines enzyme.
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