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Definition: Peptidase |
PeptidaseNoun1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: PeptidaseSynonyms: protease (n), proteinase (n), proteolytic enzyme (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Peptidases (old term: proteases, pronounced pro-tea-aces) are enzymes which break peptide bonds of proteins. They use a molecule of water to do so and are thus classified as hydrolases.
Peptidases occur naturally in living organisms, where they are used for molecular digestion and the breakdown of unwanted proteins. Peptidases can break either specific peptide bonds (limited proteolysis), depending on the amino acid sequence of a protein, or break down a complete peptide to amino acids (unlimited proteolysis).
Some viruseses, with HIV among them, depend on proteases in their reproductive cycle. Thus, protease inhibitors are developed as antiviral means.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Peptidase."
Crosswords: Peptidase |
| Specialty definitions using "peptidase": Benzamidines ♦ Dipeptidyl Peptidase I, Dipeptidyl Peptidases ♦ Lysostaphin. (references) |
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Expression using "peptidase": Dipeptidyl Peptidase I. Additional references. | |
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Containing "peptidase": Pyroglutamyl-Peptidase I. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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peptidase | 3 |
peptidase serratio | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "peptidase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 肽酶 (Peptic, peptidases). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | eptidasepay | ||||
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Words beginning with "peptidase": peptidases. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "peptidase": aminopeptidase, carboxypeptidase, dipeptidase, endopeptidase, exopeptidase. (additional references) | |
Words containing "peptidase": aminopeptidases, carboxypeptidases, dipeptidases, endopeptidases, exopeptidases. (additional references) | |
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"Peptidase" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pipridae, Potidas. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-p-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: peptides. | |
-2 letters: despite, ideates, peptide, peptids, stepped. | |
-3 letters: adepts, espied, etapes, ideate, papist, pasted, pastie, pedate, peised, peptid, pesade, peseta, petsai, pietas, pipets, sapped, seated, sedate, sipped, sippet, spited, steppe, stiped, tapped, teased, tipped. | |
-4 letters: adept, adits, aedes, aides, aside, dates, deeps, deets, deist, diets, ditas, dites, eased, edits, etape, ideas, padis, paise, paste. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-p-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: peptidases. | |
+2 letters: dipeptidase. | |
+3 letters: dipeptidases, exopeptidase, octapeptides. | |
+4 letters: endopeptidase, exopeptidases, lepidopterans, pentapeptides, pentaploidies, propaedeutics. | |
+5 letters: aminopeptidase, appendectomies, appendicitises, endopeptidases. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 70 74 69 64 61 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .--. - .. -.. .- ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01100100 01100001 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e p t i d a s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0070 0074 0069 0064 0061 0073 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507182867570678571 |
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