A protease (also called a peptidase, proteinase, or proteolytic enzyme) is an enzyme that catalyzes proteolysis, breaking down proteins into smaller polypeptides...
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Serine proteases (or serine endopeptidases) are enzymes that cleave peptide bonds in proteins. Serine serves as the nucleophilic amino acid at the (enzyme's)...
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Protease inhibitor can refer to: Protease inhibitor (pharmacology): a class of medication that inhibits viral protease Protease inhibitor (biology): molecules...
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and COVID-19. These protease inhibitors prevent viral replication by selectively binding to viral proteases (e.g. HIV-1 protease) and blocking proteolytic...
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Catalytic triad (redirect from N-terminal nucleophilic protease)
triads are most commonly found in hydrolase and transferase enzymes (e.g. proteases, amidases, esterases, acylases, lipases and β-lactamases). An acid-base-nucleophile...
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Protease A may refer to one of two enzymes: Streptogrisin A Omptin This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Protease A. If an...
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Cysteine proteases, also known as thiol proteases, are hydrolase enzymes that degrade proteins. These proteases share a common catalytic mechanism that...
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three proteases: P1 protease (1 cleavage site), helper-component protease (1 cleavage site) and TEV protease (7 cleavage sites). The native TEV protease also...
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Prion (redirect from Protease-resistant PrP)
in infectious material has a different structure and is resistant to proteases, the enzymes in the body that can normally break down proteins. The normal...
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two classes of acidic proteases: Aspartic proteases - that use a catalytic aspartic acid in their active site Glutamic proteases - that use a catalytic...
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3C-like protease (3CLpro) or main protease (Mpro), formally known as C30 endopeptidase or 3-chymotrypsin-like protease, is the main protease found in...
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Endopeptidase La (redirect from ATP-dependent protease La)
coli serine proteinase La, gene lon protease, gene lon proteins, PIM1 protease, PIM1 proteinase, serine protease La) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses...
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Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr) (formerly known as Protease Sensitive Prionopathy) is a sporadic prion protein disease first described...
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Proteinase K (redirect from Protease K)
In molecular biology, Proteinase K (EC 3.4.21.64, protease K, endopeptidase K, Tritirachium alkaline proteinase, Tritirachium album serine proteinase,...
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In molecular biology, the Lon protease family is a family of enzymes that break peptide bonds in proteins resulting in smaller peptides or amino acids...
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Protease-activated receptors (PAR) are a subfamily of related G protein-coupled receptors that are activated by cleavage of part of their extracellular...
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(HIV protease inhibitor) Darunavir (HIV protease inhibitor) Delavirdine (non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor) Fosamprenavir (HIV protease inhibitor)...
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sixth catalytic type of protease. Members of this group of protease had been previously assumed to be an aspartate protease, but structural determination...
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Picornain 2A (redirect from Poliovirus protease 2A)
picornavirus endopeptidase 2A, poliovirus protease 2A, rhinovirus protease 2A, 2A protease, 2A proteinase, protease 2A, proteinase 2Apro, picornaviral 2A...
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Threonine proteases are a family of proteolytic enzymes harbouring a threonine (Thr) residue within the active site. The prototype members of this class...
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Human endogenous retrovirus K endopeptidase (redirect from Endogenous retrovirus HERV-K10 putative protease)
putative protease, human endogenous retrovirus K retropepsin, HERV K10 endopeptidase, HERV K10 retropepsin, HERV-K PR, HERV-K protease, HERV-K113 protease, human...
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C-terminal processing peptidase (redirect from Protease Re)
photosystem II D1 protein processing peptidase, protease Re, tail-specific protease, Tsp protease) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following...
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HIV-1 protease or PR is a retroviral aspartyl protease (retropepsin), an enzyme involved with peptide bond hydrolysis in retroviruses, that is essential...
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The rhomboid proteases are a family of enzymes that exist in almost all species. They are proteases: they cut the polypeptide chain of other proteins....
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IgA protease may refer to: IgA specific serine endopeptidase, an enzyme IgA-specific metalloendopeptidase, an enzyme This set index page lists enzyme articles...
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ADAMTS13 (redirect from Von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease)
type 1 motif, member 13)—also known as von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease (VWFCP)—is a zinc-containing metalloprotease enzyme that cleaves von Willebrand...
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Pancreatic enzymes (medication) (redirect from Pancrelipase Lipase; Pancrelipase Protease; Pancrelipase Amylase)
pancrelipase and pancreatin, are commercial mixtures of amylase, lipase, protease and lactase. They are used to treat malabsorption syndrome due to certain...
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Actinidain (redirect from Actinidia anionic protease)
22.14, actinidin, Actinidia anionic protease, proteinase A2 of Actinidia chinensis) is a type of cysteine protease enzyme found in fruits including kiwifruit...
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Aspartic proteases (also "aspartyl proteases", "aspartic endopeptidases") are a catalytic type of protease enzymes that use an activated water molecule...
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Subtilisin (redirect from Protease XXVII)
is a protease (a protein-digesting enzyme) initially obtained from Bacillus subtilis. Subtilisins belong to subtilases, a group of serine proteases that...
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