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Protease

//ˈpɹəʊtɪeɪz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis wordnet

Etymology

From prote(in) + -ase.

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