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Chymotrypsinogen

Chymotrypsinogen is a precursor of the digestive enzyme chymotrypsin (zymogen[?]).

This molecule is inactive and must be cleaved by trypsin, and then by other chymotrypsin molecules before it can reach its full activity.

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