Meanings
nounprocathepsin (plural procathepsins)
plural procathepsins
- biochemistryAny of a family of proteins that are involved in the production of cathepsins
The activity was estimated by reducing the incubation time to 2 min to avoid procathepsin L activation [17 ,19 ].
2015 December 17, “An Active 32-kDa Cathepsin L Is Secreted Directly from HT 1080 Fibrosarcoma Cells and Not via Lysosomal Exocytosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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