What is a significance of zymogen in biotechnology?
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A zymogen (/ˈzaɪmədʒən, -moʊ-/), also called a proenzyme (/ˌproʊˈɛnzaɪm/), is an inactive precursor of an enzyme. ... The pancreas secretes zymogens partly to prevent the enzymes from digesting proteins in the cells in which they are synthesised
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The significance of zymogen is that it serves as an Inactive enzyme precursor.
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- "Zymogen" is an enzyme precursor.
- Many enzymes are secreted in inactive forms to protect the proteins of the cells in the body of an organism.
- The enzymes synthesized in the form of an inactive precursor, are activated at a physiologically appropriate time and place.
- The enzymatically inactive precursors of the proteolytic enzymes are called "Zymogens".
- The zymogen- "Trypsinogen" can be activated by an intestinal enzyme called "Enterokinase".
- Eg - Pepsinogen, Trypsinogen, Chromotrypsinogen, Fibrinogen, etc.
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