isoenzyme

Examples

• All

• In bovine brain, methionine adenosyltransferase is present as the gamma isoenzyme—the same form as is found in red cells.

  Academic text (1991)

• Cardiac enzymes (creatine phosphokinase and its MB isoenzyme) were analyzed at study entry, 4 h, and 10 h.

  Academic text (2000)

• The technique for making genetic profiles is isoenzyme electrophoresis.

  Academic text (1990)

• Deficiency of the hepatic beta isoenzyme causes biochemical findings very similar to those in our patient C.

  Academic text (1991)

• Neither microbial contamination nor cross-contamination was detected by isoenzyme analyses.

  Academic text (2013)

• The present study on the LDH isoenzyme patterns of Angora goat fibroblasts showed that LDH-3 and LDH-4 were dominant.

  Academic text (2013)

• We improved the apparatus and conditions for polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to determine the mobility of the isoenzymes of LDH and MDH.

  Academic text (2013)

• Elevations of the bone isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase may further delineate Paget's disease as a diagnostic consideration (Pagana & Pagana, 2003).

  Academic text (2004)

• In human blood, the lactate dehydrogenase enzyme exists as multiple isoenzymes that catalyze the same reaction.

• Scientists have identified several isoenzymes of amylase that contribute to the digestion of starch in the human body.

Synonyms

I

isoform

vsisoenzyme

• Specialized

2 9.1

A slightly different version of a protein made from the same gene that works in a similar way

is limited to reaction-catalyzing proteins that exist in multiple forms within a species

I

isozyme

vsisoenzyme

• Specialized

1 9.9

An enzyme that does the same job as another enzyme but has a different shape

focuses on multiple forms within a species rather than structural difference

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology