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  • noun biochemistry Any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds

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Examples

  • The activating enzymes are members of a class called enkephalin convertase.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • The activating enzymes are members of a class called enkephalin convertase.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • The activating enzymes in endorphin synthesis are members of a class called endorphin convertase.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • The activating enzymes in endorphin synthesis are members of a class called endorphin convertase.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • The activating enzyme is a member of a class called dynorphin convertase.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • The activating enzyme is a member of a class called dynorphin convertase.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • HOERSHOLM, Denmark and SAN DIEGO, April 26 Santaris Pharma A/S, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of RNA-targeted therapies, today announced that it has advanced into drug development a discovery research candidate directed against PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9), an important new target for the treatment of high cholesterol.

    Medindia Health News 2010

  • The mature growth factor dimer is cleaved from the propeptide region by furin convertase proteolysis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) at a conserved RSRR sequence

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Carlene S. Starck et al. 2010

  • The peptide minimal binding motif Arg-X - (Arg/Lys) (Arg/Lys) identified by alanine-scan, suggested the target receptor to be a proprotein convertase (PC).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katarina Hajdin et al. 2010

  • HOERSHOLM, Denmark and SAN DIEGO, April 26 Santaris Pharma A/S, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of RNA-targeted therapies, today announced that it has advanced into drug development a discovery research candidate directed against PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9), an important new target for the treatment of high cholesterol.

    Medindia Health News 2010

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