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proenzyme
CIDE DICTIONARY
proenzyme, n. [.].
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. [PJC]
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