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cathepsine

cathepsine is the alternative form of cathepsin.

Meaning of cathepsin

Noun

cathepsin (plural cathepsins)

  1. Any of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.
    • Grassmann and Dyckerhoff (1930) showed that cysteine and cyanide inhibited the action of ereptic aminopolyase, while they accelerated the action of proteases such as cathepsin.1931, A Pirie, BE Holmes, “The cause of inactivation of the Rous sarcoma filtrate during incubation”, in British journal of experimental pathology

Forms of cathepsine

pluralcathepsines

Questions about cathepsine

What is cathepsine the alternative form of?
Cathepsine is the alternative form of cathepsin.

Words near cathepsine in the dictionary

  1. cathelin
  2. cathemeral
  3. cathemerality
  4. cathenamine
  5. cathepsin
  6. cathepsine
  7. cathepsines
  8. cathepsins
  9. Cather
  10. catheretic
  11. catheretics

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