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A liver enzyme is made of four subunits: $2 \mathrm{A}$ and $2 \mathrm{B}$ The same enzyme, when isolated from the brain, has the following subunits: $3 \mathrm{A}$ and $1 \mathrm{B}$. What would you call these two enzymes?
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