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Proenzyme vs Apoenzyme - What's the difference?

proenzyme | apoenzyme |

As nouns the difference between proenzyme and apoenzyme

is that proenzyme is any inactive precursor of an enzyme that is converted to an enzyme by proteolysis; a zymogen while apoenzyme is an inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor.

proenzyme

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any inactive precursor of an enzyme that is converted to an enzyme by proteolysis; a zymogen

    • apoenzyme

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) An inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor.