1. a water-soluble protein compound formed during the digestion of proteins by enzymes
Usage: biochemistry

Examples

• The enzyme broke down the protein into smaller proteose molecules.
• Proteoses are intermediate products in protein digestion.
• The laboratory analyzed the proteose content in the sample.
• During digestion, proteins are first converted to proteoses before becoming peptides.
• The biochemist studied how proteoses form in the digestive process.