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Protease

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
peptidaseproteinase
plural
Proteases
possessive
Protease's
pluralpossessive
Proteases'