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proprotease

proprotease noun: any proenzyme that is converted into a protease.

Noun

proprotease (plural proproteases)

  1. Any proenzyme that is converted into a protease

Forms of proprotease

pluralproproteases

Origin of proprotease

From pro- + protease.

Questions about proprotease

What does proprotease mean?
Proprotease means any proenzyme that is converted into a protease.
What part of speech is proprotease?
Proprotease is a noun.
What is the plural of proprotease?
The plural of proprotease is proproteases.

Words near proprotease in the dictionary

  1. proproctor
  2. proproctors
  3. proprofit
  4. proprohibition
  5. proproliferative
  6. proprotease
  7. proproteases
  8. proprotein
  9. proproteins
  10. proprotor
  11. proprotors

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