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chymotrypsinogen

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chymotrypsinogen /chy·mo·tryp·sin·o·gen/ (-trip-sin´ŏ-jen) an inactive proenzyme secreted by the pancreas and cleaved by trypsin in the small intestine to yield chymotrypsin.
chy·mo·tryp·sin·o·gen (km-trp-sn-jn, -jn)
n.
A precursor of chymotrypsin in the pancreas.

chymotrypsinogen
[kī′mōtripsin′əjən]
a substance produced in the pancreas that is the zymogen precursor to the enzyme chymotrypsin. It is converted to chymotrypsin by trypsin.

chymotrypsinogen [ki″mo-trip-sin´o-jen]
the inactive precursor of chymotrypsin, the form in which it is secreted by the pancreas.

chymotrypsinogen
the inactive precursor of chymotrypsin, the form in which it is secreted by the pancreas.


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