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meerkat(medicine)
meerkat(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
procollagen(medicine)
procollagen peptidase(medicine)
procollagen C-endopeptidase(medicine)
procollagen aminoproteinase(medicine)
procollagen n-endopeptidase(medicine)
procollagen carboxyproteinase(medicine)

procollagen n-endopeptidase (medicine) and meerkat (iou)


procollagen n-endopeptidase (medicine)


procollagen n-endopeptidase
<enzyme> An extracellular endopeptidase which excises a block of peptides at the amino terminal, nonhelical region of the procollagen molecule with the formation of collagen. Absence or deficiency of the enzyme causes accumulation of procollagen which results in the inherited connective tissue disorder--dermatosparaxis.

Registry number: EC 3.4.24.14


meerkat (iou)



meerkat noun. L15.
[Dutch from Middle Low German meerkatte (Old High German merikazza, German Meerkatze) lit. 'sea-cat', perh. orig. alt. of an oriental name: cf. Hindi marka, Sanskrit markaa ape.]
A monkey. L15-M16.
Any of several mongooses of southern Africa, esp. the suricate or grey meerkat (see below). Orig. S. Afr. E19.
grey meerkat (a) a gregarious diurnal mongoose, Suricata suricatta, sometimes kept as a pet (also called suricate, zenick); (b) a solitary nocturnal mongoose, Paracynictis selousi. red meerkat a diurnal mongoose, Cynictis penicillata, with a tan coat. slender-tailed meerkat = grey meerkat (a) above.