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Which of the following is not a proenzyme?

(a) Prothrombin

(b) Pepsinogen

(c) Trypsin

(d) Trypsinogen

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The correct answer is (c) Trypsin

The explanation: Proenzymes either have prefixes pro-like prothrombin, proelastase etc., or suffix–ogen like pepsinogen, trypsinogen, etc. Trypsin is an enzyme and not a proenzyme.

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