Associations to the word «Protease»
Noun
- Inhibitor
- Cleavage
- Peptide
- Apoptosis
- Enzyme
- Hydrolysis
- Hiv
- Specificity
- Digestion
- Inhibition
- Substrate
- Protein
- Residue
- Superfamily
- Degradation
- Subunit
- Triad
- Activation
- Polymerase
- Collagen
- Regimen
- Precursor
- Analog
- Kinase
- Hepatitis
- Bind
- Starch
- Cascade
- Lon
- Pancreas
- Platelet
- Gag
- Digest
- Toxin
- Secretion
- Membrane
- Antigen
- Yeast
- Assay
- Atp
- Soybean
- Insulin
- Replication
- Virus
- Intermediate
- Receptor
- Pages
- Domain
- Acid
- Pathway
- Binding
- Biosynthesis
- Rna
- Molecule
- Calcium
- Lipid
- Ester
- Ligand
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PROTEASE, noun. (enzyme) An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.
PROTEASE INHIBITOR, noun. (pharmacology) (virology) A class of drugs used to treat or prevent infection by viruses such as HIV and hepatitis C.
PROTEASE INHIBITORS, noun. Plural of protease inhibitor
Dictionary definition
PROTEASE, noun. Any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis.
Wise words
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