Zymogen Moderate

Zymogen has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

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

proenzyme zymogen

A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis) to become an active form of the enzyme.