What exactly is an enzyme?

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Yes, I did google it but my pea sized brain can’t seem to understand it

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Enzymes are one type of protein. All enzymes are proteins*, but not all proteins are enzymes.

*Note that RNA molecules with a catalytic effect are termed “ribozymes”; these are the RNA equivalent of protein enzymes. Catalytic DNA molecules are termed DNAzymes or deoxyribozymes. The term enzyme implies a protein, not an RNA or DNA molecule.

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