zymogen
معنی فارسی
زيمازا
معنی کامل و مثالها
/zī´mō jǝn/n.
● (زیست شیمی) زیمازا
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Derived from the Greek words 'zymē' meaning 'leaven' and 'genes' meaning 'producer'.
مثال
- The pancreas produces the zymogen, trypsinogen.
- Zymogen is converted into an active enzyme by a process called proteolysis.
- The zymogen form of the enzyme is harmless.
ترکیبهای رایج
Zymogen granules Zymogen activation Zymogen form
تعریف انگلیسی
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