protease
/ˈpɹəʊtɪeɪz/
protease noun: an enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.
Noun
protease (plural proteases)
- An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.
- 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.1903 November 2, S. G. Hedin, “On the presence of a proteolytic enzyme in the normal serum of the ox”, in The Journal of Physiology, volume 30, number 2, page 195
- 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.1948 September 20, Margaret R. McDonald, “A method for the preparation of "protease-free" crystalline ribonuclease”, in Journal of General Physiology, volume 32, number 1, page 39
protease meaning in Hindi and Tamil
protease in Hindi
- enzyme
- प्रोभूजिनेद probhūjined
protease in Tamil
- புரதச் சிதைப்பி, புரத நொதிப்பு, புரோட்டியேசு, புரதநொதிச்சத்து, புரத்தியேசு
Examples of protease in a sentence
- Many sheddases are members of the ADAM or aspartic protease (BACE) protein families.
- These included predicted SERPINs (serine protease inhibitors), glycoprotein, pacifastin and serine collagenase 1 precursor.
- The azurocidins are catalytically inactive proteases, therefore no analysis of these triplets are of any significance.
Forms of protease
| plural | proteases |
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Origin of protease
From prote(in) + -ase.
Words formed from protease
- antiprotease
- autoprotease
- Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor
- coprotease
- endoprotease
- exoprotease
- glycoprotease
- leucoprotease
- leukoprotease
- mercapto protease
- metalloprotease
- neuroprotease
- phosphoprotease
- preprotease
- proprotease
- protease inhibitor
- proteasic
- proteasome
- pseudoprotease
- rhomboid protease
- saquinavir
- secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor
- sialoglycoprotease
Phrases with protease
Questions about protease
- What does protease mean?
- Protease means an enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.
- What is protease in Hindi?
- Protease in Hindi is प्रोभूजिनेद (probhūjined). See Protease meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is protease?
- Protease is a noun.
- How do you pronounce protease?
- Protease is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊtɪeɪz/.
- What is the plural of protease?
- The plural of protease is proteases.
Words near protease in the dictionary
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