enzyme
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In order to avoid breaking down the proteins that make up the pancreas and small intestine, pancreatic enzymes are released as inactive proenzymes that are only activated in the small intestine.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Similarly, proenzymes have been reported as occurring in numerous plant tissues.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
These proenzymes are believed to be present in the plant cells in the form of definite characteristic granules, which may be observed under the microscope, and which disappear when the enzyme becomes active.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
Calcium salts, or very dilute acids, are usually energetic activators of proenzymes.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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