How to Use enzyme in a Sentence

enzyme

noun

• The more enzyme made by the gene, the yellower the feather.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
• What would happen, for example, if a certain gene were ginned up to produce more of a certain enzyme?
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
• Then soak the tablecloth for 30 minutes in an enzyme detergent and cold water.
  — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
• Using a product with enzymes, such as a daily cleanser or essence, will help renew your skin cells and balance the biome (the friendly bacteria that keeps your skin in check).
  — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 17 Oct. 2024
• Resveratrol also blocks enzymes that help to remove medications and products from the body, leading some to build up in the body to unsafe levels.
  — Barbie Cervoni, Health, 23 Nov. 2024
• Advil blocks the synthesis of prostaglandins and COX (cyclooxygenase) enzymes.
  — Femi Aremu, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
• Once inside cells, the virus uses an enzyme called a polymerase to grab those building blocks and assemble them into new copies of viral RNA.
  — Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2021
• The pseudoviruses also contain an enzyme called luciferase, which is what makes fireflies glow, and which helps researchers track the antibodies’ effects on the pseudovirus.
  — Peter Loftus, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
• But the Pfizer drug is meant to work by inhibiting the virus’s ability to break into smaller pieces and replicate itself by dulling an enzyme called protease—not by battling spike proteins.
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 14 Dec. 2021
• By blocking that enzyme’s activity, the drug prevents the production of new, functional viral particles.
  — Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2021
• Generally, lactose-free milk is made by adding the enzyme lactase to regular milk, which breaks down the milk sugar lactose into its two component sugars, glucose and galactose.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 Dec. 2021
• Pfizer has said its pill — called Paxlovid — halts the virus from spreading in a person's body by deploying a new compound that can bind to an enzyme of the virus, blocking it from replicating inside infected cells.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2021
• One of them will stick the other with the love dart and that injects an enzyme.
  — Clarissa Cruz, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022
• This cap contains enzymes that help the sperm enter the ovum (egg).
  — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
• For instance, two drugs may rely on the same enzyme system in the body to break them down.
  — Brad Reisfeld, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
• Light Bio’s plant is engineered with the genes that make those enzymes.
  — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
• One research group found an enzyme that, when blocked, might prevent the chronic form of the virus.
  — Elissa Welle, STAT, 27 Feb. 2023
• An acid such as lemon or vinegar will slow down the enzyme making the vapors that lead to tears.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
• The consistency doesn’t change with the A2 in it, that is just a protein, an enzyme.
  — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2022
• Then, for about a month and a half, her liver enzyme levels were coming back off-the-charts high.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
• Without this enzyme, these sugars build up in the eyes, heart, bones, and elsewhere.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
• Some of the code is not necessary, so an enzyme cuts it out before it is used.
  — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022
• Blood and most of our cells contain an enzyme called catalase.
  — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
• The drugs must be carefully designed to pair the right enzyme with the target protein.
  — Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2022
• The type of place where a kid who rallies his wallflower friends at the school dance compares himself to an enzyme.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2022
• Microbes have evolved a handful of scissor enzymes that make this cut, with names like Cas9 and Cas12.
  — Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• Enter this shampoo enhanced with blend of rice, keratin amino acids, and enzymes that does all of the above.
  — Katrina Mitzeliotis, Women's Health, 2 May 2023
• This can be treated via injection with an enzyme that breaks down the filler.
  — Lisa Bain, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
• Variations in flavor are due to the source and quality of the milk, the fat content, the type of enzymes and how it’s processed.
  — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
• Pockets of enzyme within the T cell must make contact with the target cell to trigger its death.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024