Medical Definition of Active centre

1. The part of a macromolecule at which a substrate or ligand, upon binding, produces biological activity; for an enzyme, this is the catalytic centre, the site on an enzyme that catalyses the reaction. (05 Mar 2000)



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Lexicographical Neighbors of Active Centre

activations
activator
activator appliances
activators
active acetate
active agent
active air defense
active aldehyde
active anaphylaxis
active application
active birth
active carbon dioxide
active caries
active centre (current term)
active citizen
active congestion
active couple
active couples
active dry yeast
active duty
active electrode
active fault
active formaldehyde
active formyl
active front
active fronts
active galactic nuclei
active galactic nucleus

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