Talk:Isozyme
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I have a question concerning the term isozym. I would like to compare two enzymes which use the same substrate and produce the identical product. The two enzymes however use different cofactors. In one case the "cofactor" is molecular Oxygen and NADP+ and in the other case the enzyme uses H2O and electrons are transferred somehow into the membrane of the bacterium. Is it feasible to talk of isozymes ? Answer Yah why not, since they use the same substrate and produce the same product/function.It does make sense because mutation or insertion deletion might have occured resulting the enzymes to have different binding cofactor sites of which still generating the formation of the same product or function (transportation of the electron).152.106.240.139 10:32, 12 August 2006 (UTC) 152.106.240.139 10:32, 12 August 2006 (UTC) Sandiso Peter(UJHB)
When typing in the search word Allozyme, I was directed to this page leading me to believe that an Isozyme was equivalent to an Allozyme. Upon presenting this to my chemistry professor, I was told that allozymes and isozymes were not equivalent and that it was a very common mistake to refer to them as such. I believe more emphasis should be placed on this within the article as they are distinctly different from each other and although these articles had been merged in the past, they should not have been.
