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zymogen n. 酵素原,酵素母质,发酵菌 酵素原,酵素母质,发酵菌 zymogen n 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 [ synonym: { proenzyme}, { zymogen}] proenzyme \ pro" en* zyme\, n. [.] ( Bioch.) 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]
Zymogen \ Zym" o* gen\, n. [ Zyme - gen.] ( Physiol. Chem.) A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment. [ 1913 Webster] The pancreas contains but little ready- made ferment, though there is present in it a body, zymogen, which gives birth to the ferment. -- Foster. [ 1913 Webster]
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