endopeptidase
Meanings
noun
- Any of a group of enzymes, such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin and elastase, which catalyze the splitting of polypeptide chains away from the ends
Word forms
Etymology
From endo- + peptide + -ase.
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