How to Use enzyme in a Sentence

enzyme

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pre-treating the stain with an enzyme cleaner can also help.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2024
  • This hue is caused by an enzyme produced by your white blood cells that are fighting off the infection.
    Markham Heid, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The enzyme that has eluded us for so long is now known as bilirubin reductase.
    Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2024
  • In this case, ACE is not the place with the helpful hardware but stands for angiotensin-converting enzyme.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Your stomach has a certain amount of digestive enzymes that work to break down your food.
    Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 2 May 2024
  • The fast-acting spray doesn't contain any enzymes to help neutralize these types of stains.
    goodhousekeeping.com, 18 Apr. 2023
  • An enzyme from the robust bug can handle the thermal cycles of heating and cooling used in the process of copying DNA.
    Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
  • If the enzyme is missing, the cardinal will be yellow instead of red, Hostetler said.
    Brad McClenny, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2022
  • It’s made with a blend of rice, keratin amino acids, and enzymes to strengthen and nourish hair, while helping to keep curls defined.
    Kayla Greaves, Vogue, 3 May 2024
  • Only when the precursor and the enzyme are released together outside of the cell is the toxin formed.
    Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Honey is a result of the mixing of bee enzymes and nectar that is then cooled and dehydrated by the bees.
    Nicole Haase, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2023
  • One part blocks the enzyme that breaks down the antivirals, leading to high levels of both medications in the body.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Many breast cancers are estrogen driven and fat cells have enzymes which make estrogen, Dr. DiNome explains.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024

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