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Proenzyme Moderate

Proenzyme has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active

2

Any inactive precursor of an enzyme that is converted to an enzyme by proteolysis; a zymogen

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
organic compound
Rhyming Words
ayme cyme zyme tyme syme lyme chyme azyme rhyme gryme glyme thyme bleyme enzyme abzyme exozyme isozyme synzyme diglyme unrhyme
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