: capable of being induced: such as. a : formed by a cell in response to the presence of its substrate inducible enzymes. b : activated or undergoing expression only in the presence of a particular molecule an inducible promoter.

What is meant by inducible system?

A gene system, often encoding a coordinated group of enzymes involved in a catabolic pathway, is inducible if an early metabolite in the pathway causes activation, usually by interaction with and inactivation of a repressor, of transcription of the genes encoding the enzymes.

What does it mean when an enzyme is inducible?

[ ĭn-dōō′sə-bəl ] n. An enzyme that is normally present in minute quantities within a cell, but whose concentration increases dramatically when a substrate compound is added.