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zymogen

noun

Etymology

From zymo- + -gen.

Definitions

  1. A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis)…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for zymogen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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