Definitions For Allosteric

Noun

ALLOSTERIC (plural ALLOSTERICs) (biochemistry) An allosteric modulator

Adjective

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

Related terms

allostery

Translations

Portuguese: alostérico

Etymology

allo + gloss1=other + steric + gloss2=arrangement of atoms in space

Anagrams

allocrites, cloisteral, corallites, sclerotial

Is Allosteric a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15

The word Allosteric is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

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