Protease

Quick meaning: Protease is a noun meaning (biochemistry) An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.

Meaning

(biochemistry) An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.

Example Sentences

As a matter of fact the casein protease digests boiled and coagulated serum far more easily than unboiled serum, as set forth by the following experiments.

For our purposes, it is sufficient to note that dysregulation of desquamatory protease activity in the SC is often involved in conditions of compromised skin barrier.

All were tested for their ability to clot milk and to hydrolyze denatured hemoglobin, egg albumin, protamine (salmon), histone (calf thymus), and benzoyl-l-arginineamide. In no case was any trace of protease activity detected.

Word Forms

• proteases

Synonyms for protease

Depending on context, synonyms include peptidase, proteinase.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include peptidase, proteinase, cleaving, inhibitable, endopeptidase, carboxypeptidase.

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