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Insulin vs Proinsulin - What's the difference?

insulin | proinsulin |

As nouns the difference between insulin and proinsulin

is that insulin is insulin (polypeptide hormone) while proinsulin is (biochemistry) a polypeptide that is the prohormone precursor of insulin.

insulin

English

(wikipedia insulin)

Noun

  • A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism.

    • Derived terms

    * insulin-like growth factor / IGF

    proinsulin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia proinsulin) (-)
  • (biochemistry) A polypeptide that is the prohormone precursor of insulin