zymogen

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

synonym

proenzyme
hypernym

organic compound

zymogen vs organic compound zymogen vs proenzyme

Other words that start with: “Z”, “ZY”, “ZYM”, “ZYMO” or end with: “N”, “EN”, “GEN”, “OGEN”.

Other nouns that start with: “Z”, “ZY”, “ZYM”, “ZYMO” or end with: “N”, “EN”, “GEN”, “OGEN”.

Words unscrambled from / built with letters: “ZYMOGEN”.

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