Biologically Active Substance
enzyme precursors
Subclass of:
Protein Precursors
Definitions related to enzyme precursors:
  • (zymogen) Precursor polypeptides which are cleaved to form enzymes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Physiologically inactive substances that can be converted to active enzymes.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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