multicatalytic

English

Etymology

multi- + catalytic

Adjective

multicatalytic (not comparable)

  1. That has multiple catalytic functions
    • 2015 December 22, “Reduced Levels of Proteasome Products in a Mouse Striatal Cell Model of Huntington’s Disease”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0145333:
      A potential mechanism for toxicity of long polyQ proteins is through inhibition of the proteasome, a multicatalytic protein complex that plays an essential role in intracellular protein degradation.
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