Biology Questions and Answers
- What are zymogens?
Zymogens, or proenzymes, are
enzymes secreteUnder certain cond in inactiveditions a zymo form.gen (^)
shifts to the active form of the enzyme.
Zymogen secretions ibecause the enzyme activityn general happen can harm
the secretory tissue.
For example, the pepsinogen secreted
by the stomachacid pH turning into the enzyme pepsin. becomes active under (^)
Other well-known zymogens are
trypsinenzymes that are secreteogen and chymotrypsinod by thegen,
exocrine pancreas and which become
trypsin and chymotrypsin respectively.
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