2006-06-14 02:12:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
A pro-enzyme is a zymogen, or an inactive enzyme, that cannot digest food.
Stomach : pepsinogen, prorennin
Small intestine: trypsinogen
2006-06-14 02:57:50 · answer #1 · answered by smashingly.smashing 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A proenzyme is the inactive precursor to an active enzyme. It is also known as a zymogen. A zymogen requires a biochemical change (such as a hydrolysis reaction revealing the active site, or changing the configuration to reveal the active site) for it to become an active enzyme.
You can often add the suffix "-ogen" can be added to the name of the enzyme to indicate that it is in the precursor form. Examples of zymogens are trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, pepsinogen
2006-06-14 09:42:41 · answer #2 · answered by Liuman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Serine and Trypsin
2006-06-14 09:41:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
proinsulin
2006-06-14 09:39:05 · answer #4 · answered by ewtaylor2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋