Proenzyme - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: proenzymePepsinogen
A proenzyme the antecedent of the enzyme pepsin A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands It is readily convertible into pepsin Also called propepsin...
proenzyme
Any one of a class of proteins that are converted in the normal course of cellular metabolism into one or more active enzymes also called zymogen The conversion usually is due to a specific cleavage of a peptide bond by another enzyme or may be due to acid...
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