- biochemistry, a
zymogen (/ˈzaɪmədʒən, -moʊ-/), also
called a
proenzyme (/ˌproʊˈɛnzaɪm/), is an
inactive precursor of an enzyme. A
zymogen requires a biochemical...
- The
difference between zymogens and the
activated enzymes lies in the fact that the
active site for
catalysis of the
zymogens is distorted. As a result...
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fibrin is
termed fibrinolysis. In humans, the
plasmin protein (in the
zymogen form of plasminogen) is
encoded by the PLG gene.
Plasmin is a
serine protease...
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proteins and
hormones are
synthesized in the form of
their precursors -
zymogens, proenzymes, and prehormones.
These proteins are
cleaved to form their...
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phenylalanine and
tryptophan increase the
probability of cleavage. Pepsin's
zymogen (proenzyme), pepsinogen, is
released by the
gastric chief cells in the...
- JCLN1, MGC183567, MGC34820, ZG16A,
zymogen granule membrane protein 16,
zymogen granule protein 16 homolog, and
zymogen granule protein. The gene is located...
- walls. The
cells of each
acinus secrete inactive digestive enzymes called zymogens into the
small intercalated ducts which they surround. In each acinus,...
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Hageman factor, is a
plasma protein involved in coagulation. It is the
zymogen form of
factor XIIa (EC 3.4.21.38), an
enzyme of the
serine protease (or...
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purified from
human skin (1968), and was
recognized to be
synthesized as a
zymogen. The "cysteine switch" was
described in 1990. The MMPs have a
common domain...
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Factor XI, or
plasma thromboplastin antecedent, is the
zymogen form of
factor XIa, one of the
enzymes involved in coagulation. Like many
other coagulation...
