Allozyme

Allozyme, or alloenzymes, are alternative forms of an enzyme that are encoded by different alleles at the same locus . The counterpart to this are isoenzymes which fulfill the same function but are encoded by genes from different loci.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Volker Knoop, Kai Müller: Genes and family trees: a handbook on molecular phylogenetics . 2nd Edition. Spectrum, Akad. Verl, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8274-1983-5 , p. 364 .