Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun proenzyme

1 sense of proenzyme

Sense 1
proenzyme, zymogen -- (any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active)
       => organic compound -- (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)