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![[-- enzyme --]](Images/Terms/enzyme.gif){kind=small}
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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.
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Dr. Robert Nussbaum, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines enzyme. |
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protein | |
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