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(genetic biology)

Grammar: noun
plural: enzymes
Definition: a protein that catalyses or speeds up a biochemical reaction or change without changing its own structure or function.
Example:
1. Enzymes catalyse all aspects of cell metabolism, including the digestion of food, the conservation and transformation of chemical energy and the construction of cellular materials and components.

2. Enzymes increase the rate at which bonds in biological molecules are either constructed or are broken.
Related Word: enzymatic (adjective)