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Zymogen vs Ribozyme - What's the difference?

zymogen | ribozyme |

As nouns the difference between zymogen and ribozyme

is that zymogen is (biochemistry) a proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (ie hydrolysis) to become an active form of the enzyme while ribozyme is a fragment of rna that can act as an enzyme.

zymogen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis) to become an active form of the enzyme.

    • ribozyme

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia ribozyme) (en noun)
  • a fragment of RNA that can act as an enzyme