Definition of Zymogenic organism. Meaning of Zymogenic organism. Synonyms of Zymogenic organism

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Definition of Zymogenic organism

Zymogenic organism
Zymogenic ym`o*gen"ic, a. (Biol.) (a) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene. (b) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment. Zymogenic organism (Biol.), a micro["o]rganism, such as the yeast plant of the Bacterium lactis, which sets up certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical products are formed; -- distinguished from a pathogenic organism. Cf. Micrococcus.

Meaning of Zymogenic organism from wikipedia

- contains the following digestive enzymes: Trypsinogen, which is an inactive(zymogenic) protease that, once activated in the duodenum into trypsin, breaks down...
- similar tertiary structure to pepsin. As such, plant APs preserve the zymogenic form of the mature AP common to other aspartic proteases in which the...