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Chymotrypsin vs Chymotrypsinogen - What's the difference?

chymotrypsin | chymotrypsinogen |

As nouns the difference between chymotrypsin and chymotrypsinogen

is that chymotrypsin is an endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids while chymotrypsinogen is (biochemistry) an inactive precursor to chymotrypsin.

chymotrypsin

English

(wikipedia chymotrypsin)

Noun

  • An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.

    • Related terms

    *trypsin

    chymotrypsinogen

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia chymotrypsinogen) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) An inactive precursor to chymotrypsin