procathepsin

English

Etymology

pro- +‎ cathepsin

Noun

procathepsin (plural procathepsins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that are involved in the production of cathepsins
    • 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:10.1371/journal.pone.0145067:
      The activity was estimated by reducing the incubation time to 2 min to avoid procathepsin L activation [17 ,19 ].

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