Zymes


the specific principle regarded as the cause of a zymotic disease.

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  • Zymodeme

    zymodeme zymodeme zy·mo·deme (zī’mə-dēm’) n. an isozyme pattern, identified electroph-r-tically.

  • Zymogen

    any of various enzyme precursor molecules that may change into an enzyme as a result of catalytic change. historical examples zymogen′ic; zy′moid, like a ferment; zymolog′ic, -al, pertaining to zymology. chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 4 of 4: s-z and supplements) various during ordinary secretion, however, these granules of zymogen do not entirely disappear from […]

  • Zymogenic

    adjective of, or relating to a zymogen capable of causing zymogenesis zymogenic zy·mo·gen·ic (zī’mə-jěn’ĭk) or zy·mog·e·nous (zī-mŏj’ə-nəs) adj. of or relating to a proenzyme. causing fermentation. enzyme-producing.

  • Zymogenesis

    noun the conversion of a zymogen into an enzyme zymogenesis zy·mo·gen·e·sis (zī’mə-jěn’ĭ-sĭs) n. the process by which a proenzyme becomes transformed into an active enzyme.

  • Zymogenic cell

    zymogenic cell zymogenic cell zy·mo·gen·ic cell (zī’mə-jěn’ĭk) n. a cell that forms and secretes an enzyme, especially a secretory cell that lines the lumen of the gastric glands of the stomach or a pepsin-secreting acinar cell of the pancreas. also called chief cell, peptic cell.


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