| 释义 |
abzyme, n. Biol.|ˈæbzaɪm|
[f. antibody n. + enzyme n.]
An antibody that has been altered to give it some of the catalytic properties of an enzyme.
1986A. Tramontano et al. in Science 19 Dec. 1566/3 We now describe how these antibodies are capable of true enzyme catalysis when their proper substrates are identified. These findings portend the emergence of a class of proteins, having the antibody-enzyme dichotomy, for which the term ‘abzyme’ is suggested. 1989Economist 18 Nov. 109/3 These catalytic antibodies—or ‘abzymes’—look promising to doctors for such tasks as gobbling up blood clots or scar tissue, and to industry for producing certain sorts of bulk chemicals. 1990New Scientist 24 Mar. 38/1 The new ‘artificial enzymes’—catalytic antibodies which some researchers nicknamed abzymes. |