How to Use active site in a Sentence

active site

noun
Definition of active sitenext
  • The two churches were able to retain their names and will continue as active sites of the new parish.
    — Maryann Pisano, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2018
  • Each enzyme has an active site, which is where the reaction takes place.
    — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2016
  • Many drugs are designed to fit into this active site, which can keep a protein from working.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Including this project, Brasfield & Gorrie has four active sites in Cary.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 21 Nov. 2019
  • As the chain gets progressively longer, its ability to fit into the active site of the enzymes gradually gets worse.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2020
  • This method revealed five particular amino acids that comprise the likely active site.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Errors affecting the enzyme’s active site that binds to drugs, however, can cripple its ability to break down a drug and subsequently mean there’s more of the drug circulating in the blood.
    — C. Michael White, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2021
  • There are multiple investigations still going on at the active site.
    — Mariah Rush, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2021
  • At these active sites, crop species experts evaluate, grow and distribute germplasm to researchers, professors and breeders worldwide.
    — Sena Christian, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2015
  • The nation’s active sites get an average of 8,700 requests to access their stocks annually, according to Peter Bretting, who oversees the system.
    — Sena Christian, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2015
  • Subsequent studies report three drugs, boceprevir, narlaprevir, and telaprevir, inhibit NSP5 protease proteolytic activity and bind into its active site.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 4 June 2021

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'active site.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: