1. Plural of multienzyme; a complex of two or more enzymes that work together in a coordinated sequence to catalyze a series of biochemical reactions.
Usage: technical; biochemistry; usually used in plural form

Examples

• The pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzymes catalyze the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA in cellular respiration.
• Researchers studied how multienzymes improve the efficiency of metabolic pathways.
• The fatty acid synthase multienzymes work in sequence to build long-chain fatty acids.
• Understanding multienzymes is essential for biochemistry students studying enzyme kinetics.
• Multienzymes often exhibit higher catalytic efficiency than individual enzymes acting separately.