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procarboxypeptidase

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procarboxypeptidase /pro·car·boxy·pep·ti·dase/ (pro″kahr-bok″se-pep´tĭ-dās) the inactive precursor of carboxypeptidase, which is converted to the active enzyme by the action of trypsin.
pro·car·box·y·pep·ti·dase (prkär-bks-ppt-ds, -dz)
n.
The inactive precursor of a carboxypeptidase.

procarboxypeptidase [pro″kahr-bok″se-pep´tĭ-dās]
the inactive precursor of carboxypeptidase, which is converted to the active enzyme by the action of trypsin.

procarboxypeptidase
the inactive precursor of carboxypeptidase, which is converted to the active enzyme by the action of trypsin.


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Purification and properties of five different forms of human procarboxypeptidases.
20) is a recently discovered enzyme present in the circulation as its zymogen, procarboxypeptidase U [proCPU; thrombin-activable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI)].
TAR, or plasma procarboxypeptidase B, couples the coagulation and fibrinolytic cascades through the thrombin-thrombomodulin complex.
 
 
 
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