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procollagenase

procollagenase noun: any enzyme that activates collagen, allowing it to be broken down by collagenases.

Noun

procollagenase (plural procollagenases)

  1. Any enzyme that activates collagen, allowing it to be broken down by collagenases

Forms of procollagenase

pluralprocollagenases

Origin of procollagenase

From pro- + collagenase.

Questions about procollagenase

What does procollagenase mean?
Procollagenase means any enzyme that activates collagen, allowing it to be broken down by collagenases.
What part of speech is procollagenase?
Procollagenase is a noun.
What is the plural of procollagenase?
The plural of procollagenase is procollagenases.

Words near procollagenase in the dictionary

  1. procofactors
  2. procognitive
  3. procolipase
  4. procolipases
  5. procollagen
  6. procollagenase
  7. procollagenases
  8. procollagens
  9. procolophonid
  10. procolophonids
  11. procolophonoid

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