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Meaning of ALLOSTERY
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Definition:
A phenomenon in which a small
ligand
binds to a
receptor
site on a
protein
, changes the shape of the protein and thus changes the specificity of a second site (either another receptor or an
enzyme
active site) on that protein.
 
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