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