allosteric

Etymology

allo- (“other”) + steric (“arrangement of atoms in space”)

adj

  1. (biochemistry, of an enzyme) That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes macromolecular conformation or dynamics in order to become either active or inactive

noun

  1. (biochemistry) An allosteric modulator

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