ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Procathepsin

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Procathepsin is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that are involved in the production of cathepsins.

Meaning

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that are involved in the production of cathepsins.

Example Sentences

The activity was estimated by reducing the incubation time to 2 min to avoid procathepsin L activation [17 ,19 ].

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cathepsin, cathepsine, cathapsin, capthepsin, preprocathepsin, procaspase.

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