Medical Dictionary

homotropic

adj ho·mo·tro·pic \ˌhō-mə-ˈtrō-pik, ˌhäm-ə-\

Medical Definition of HOMOTROPIC

:  characterized by enzyme activity in which the substrate binds to the enzyme at two different sites of which one is the normal reactive site and the other is an allosteric site <homotropic enzymes> <homotropic interaction>—compare heterotropic

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