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- noun biochemistry Any
inactive protein that can beactivated byposttranslational modification
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Examples
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An MIT study suggests that low-car/pro-protein diets like Atkins can chemically bum you out.
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Robert Atkins' pro-protein, anticarb gastric coup still rages after his death and his company's bankruptcy.
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Varshavsky A, Kessler O, Abramovitch S, Kigel B, Zaffryar S, et al. (2008) Semaphorin-3B is an angiogenesis inhibitor that is inactivated by furin-like pro-protein convertases.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katarina Hajdin et al. 2010
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Bergeron F, Leduc R, Day R (2000) Subtilase-like pro-protein convertases: from molecular specificity to therapeutic applications.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katarina Hajdin et al. 2010
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Day R (2005) Cutting back on pro-protein convertases: the latest approaches to pharmacological inhibition.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katarina Hajdin et al. 2010
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Study determines that a specific enzyme, known as pro-protein convertase 4 (PC4) may be responsible for fetal growth restriction, the second leading cause of infant mortality in the developed world.
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Day R (2005) Cutting back on pro-protein convertases: the latest approaches to pharmacological inhibition.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ajoy Basak et al. 2009
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