protease
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See also: protéase
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Etymology
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Noun
protease (plural proteases)
- (biochemistry) An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
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enzyme
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Etymology
From proteína (“protein”) + -ase.
Pronunciation
Noun
protease f (plural proteases)
- (biochemistry) protease (any of a group of enzymes that cleave proteins)