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  • noun biochemistry Any inactive protein that can be activated by posttranslational modification

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  • An MIT study suggests that low-car/pro-protein diets like Atkins can chemically bum you out.

    Boing Boing: March 14, 2004 - March 20, 2004 Archives 2004

  • Robert Atkins' pro-protein, anticarb gastric coup still rages after his death and his company's bankruptcy.

    © Getty Images 1900 Chewing (Away)... 2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    All Today's News - Sightline Daily 2009

  • 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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