cooperativity

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English operative English cooperative Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English cooperativity From cooperative + -ity.

1. the state or quality of being cooperative
2. An interaction between the substrate binding sites of an allosteric enzyme in which binding at one site increases or decreases binding at another