enzyme vs secretase

secretase vs enzyme

enzyme and secretase both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
enzyme	Yes	No	No	No
secretase	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, secretase is a hyponym of enzyme; that is, secretase is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than enzyme:

enzyme: any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
secretase: a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's)

Other hyponyms of enzyme include ADA, adenosine deaminase, amylase, cholinesterase, coagulase, collagenase, complement, catalase, Cox, cyclooxygenase, decarboxylase, de-iodinase, disaccharidase, elastase, enterokinase, histaminase, hyaluronidase, Hyazyme, spreading factor, isomerase, kinase, lipase, lysozyme, muramidase, MAO, monoamine oxidase, nitrogenase, nuclease, oxidase, oxidoreductase, papain, beta-lactamase, penicillinase, pepsin, pepsinogen, phosphatase, fibrinolysin, plasmin, polymerase, peptidase, protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme, reductase, chymosin, rennin, streptodornase, streptokinase, SOD, superoxide dismutase, telomerase, transferase, trypsin, urease, zymase, convertase.

enzyme (noun)	secretase (noun)
any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions	a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's)

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