microbial phenotype enzymatic activity phenotype 2011-02-03T04:44:39Z A microbial phenotype that affects an enzymatic activity. Enzymes are biological molecules that catalyze biochemical reactions at physiological temperatures. Enzymes possess specific binding sites for their substrates (reactants) and are usually composed wholly or largely of protein or RNA. Catalytic RNAs are also called ribozymes. Adrienne FYPO:0000654 GO:0003824 OMP:0000221 This is a high-level term whose primary purpose is to organize terms beneath it in the ontology, and we expect that it will not be used for direct annotations. Please consider using a more specific term to annotate each phenotype. catalytic activity microbial_phenotype