PROINSULIN


Meaning of PROINSULIN in English

Pronunciation: ( ˌ )pr ō - ' in(t)-s( ə -)l ə n

Function: noun

Date: 1916

: a single-chain pancreatic polypeptide precursor of insulin that gives rise to the double chain of insulin by cleavage and loss of the middle part of the molecule

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