Pepstatin
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pepstatin is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) A hexapeptide (containing the unusual amino acid statine) that acts as a potent inhibitor of aspartyl proteases.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) A hexapeptide (containing the unusual amino acid statine) that acts as a potent inhibitor of aspartyl proteases.
Word Forms
- pepstatins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alphostatin, pepducin, staphostatin, pepsidase, plipastatin, pancreastatin.
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