proenzyme

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

proenzym zymogen preproenzyme zymogene proprotease proprotein preproprotein preprotease propeptidase trypsinogen

Often followed by

form in and plasminogen is of forms to activation

Word family

proenzymes