PROENZYME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proenzyme mean? 

• PROENZYME (noun)
  The noun PROENZYME has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PROENZYME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROENZYME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

proenzyme; zymogen

Hypernyms ("proenzyme" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

 Context examples 

Many phosphotransferases catalyze the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme or catalyze the transfer of phosphate groups to form triphosphates (e.g., ATP).

(Phosphotransferase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Some phosphotransferases catalyze the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme; others transfer phosphate groups to form triphosphates (e.g., ATP).

(Phosphatase Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes tissue-type plasminogen activator protein, is involved in the regulation of plasmin-mediated proteolysis via the conversion of the proenzyme plasminogen to plasmin.

(PLAT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is a carboxypeptidase B-like proenzyme activated by the thrombin-thrombomodulin dimer.

(Fibrinolysis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This allele, which encodes S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase proenzyme protein, plays a role in the synthesis of both spermine and spermidine.

(AMD1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)