Definitions for protease

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protease pro·te·ase

Spelling: [proh-tee-eys, -eyz]

IPA: /ˈproʊ tiˌeɪs, -ˌeɪz/

Protease is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 491 anagrams from letters in protease (aeeoprst).

Definitions for protease

noun

1. any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.

Origin of protease

First recorded in 1900-05; prote(in) + -ase

Examples for protease

The best-known example of this type of enzymes is the protease of yeast; but similar ones may be found in germinating seeds.

For HIV, though, real therapy began only 18 years ago with the introduction of a class of drugs, the protease inhibitors.