zymogen
Noun
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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 (synset 114715606)
is a type of: organic compound - any compound of carbon and another element or a radicalsame as: proenzyme
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