Can an enzyme be called a polymer?

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Enzymes are biocatalysts found in living cells.

Almost all enzymes are globular proteins.

Proteins are polyamide polymers of $α$ -amino acids. Thus, proteins are polymers.

So, enzymes are polymeric in nature.

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