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procathepsin

procathepsin noun: any of a family of proteins that are involved in the production of cathepsins.

Noun

procathepsin (plural procathepsins)

  1. Any of a family of proteins that are involved in the production of cathepsins
    • The activity was estimated by reducing the incubation time to 2 min to avoid procathepsin L activation [17 ,19 ].2015 December 17, “An Active 32-kDa Cathepsin L Is Secreted Directly from HT 1080 Fibrosarcoma Cells and Not via Lysosomal Exocytosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of procathepsin

pluralprocathepsins

Origin of procathepsin

From pro- + cathepsin.

Words formed from procathepsin

Questions about procathepsin

What does procathepsin mean?
Procathepsin means any of a family of proteins that are involved in the production of cathepsins.
What part of speech is procathepsin?
Procathepsin is a noun.
What is the plural of procathepsin?
The plural of procathepsin is procathepsins.

Words near procathepsin in the dictionary

  1. procatarctics
  2. procatarxis
  3. procaterol
  4. procathedral
  5. procathedrals
  6. procathepsin
  7. procathepsins
  8. procatopodine
  9. procatopodines
  10. procaviid
  11. procaviids

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