effector

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E01901
A small molecule which increases (@A00104@) or decreases (@I03035@) the activity of an (allosteric) protein by binding to the protein at the regulatory site (which is different from the substrate-binding catalytic site).
Source:
PAC, 1992, 64, 143. (Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)) on page 152 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'effector' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E01901 RIS BibTex EndNote
Div. VIPDFTextJSONHistory
Last revised: February 24, 2014