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protease en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpɹəʊtɪeɪz/

Etymology

Etymology tree English prote(in) Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English protease From prote(in) + -ase.

Meanings

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. 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:
   • For our purposes, it is sufficient to note that dysregulation of desquamatory protease activity in the SC is often involved in conditions of compromised skin barrier. 2015, Raja Sivamani, Jared R. Jagdeo, Peter Elsner, Cosmeceuticals and Active Cosmetics:
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

saquinavir · proteasome · rhomboid protease · protease inhibitor · endoprotease · preprotease · antiprotease · sialoglycoprotease · autoprotease · leukoprotease · pseudoprotease · leucoprotease · secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor · Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor · coprotease · mercapto protease · exoprotease · proteasic · metalloprotease · glycoprotease · phosphoprotease · proprotease · neuroprotease

Translations (20)

cy proteas (enzyme) · pt protease (enzyme) · ko 프로테아제 (enzyme) · ca proteasa (enzyme) · de Protease (enzyme) · ja プロテアーゼ (enzyme) · de Proteinase (enzyme) · cs proteáza (enzyme) · es proteasa (enzyme) · kk ақуызды ыдырататын фермент (enzyme) · cmn 蛋白酶 (enzyme) · it proteasi (enzyme) · ja 蛋白質分解酵素 (enzyme) · ga próitéáis (enzyme) · fr protéase (enzyme) · fi proteaasi (enzyme) · de Peptidase (enzyme) · hi प्रोभूजिनेद (enzyme) · ko 단백질 분해 효소 (enzyme) · pl peptydaza (enzyme)