Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
proenzyme, zymogen
(noun) any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active
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proenzyme (plural proenzymes)
(biochemistry) Any inactive precursor of an enzyme that is converted to an enzyme by proteolysis; a zymogen
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16 June 2024
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”
Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.