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clostripain

clostripain noun: any of a family of proteinases that cleaves proteins on the carboxyl peptide bond of arginine.

Noun

clostripain (plural clostripains)

  1. Any of a family of proteinases that cleaves proteins on the carboxyl peptide bond of arginine.

Forms of clostripain

pluralclostripains

Origin of clostripain

It was isolated from Clostridium histolyticum.

Questions about clostripain

What does clostripain mean?
Clostripain means any of a family of proteinases that cleaves proteins on the carboxyl peptide bond of arginine.
What part of speech is clostripain?
Clostripain is a noun.
What is the plural of clostripain?
The plural of clostripain is clostripains.

Words near clostripain in the dictionary

  1. clostridiopeptidases
  2. clostridioses
  3. clostridiosis
  4. clostridium
  5. clostridiums
  6. clostripain
  7. clostripains
  8. closure
  9. closure axiom
  10. closure operator
  11. closure operators

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