"protease" meaning in English

See protease in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹəʊtɪeɪz/ Forms: proteases [plural]
Etymology: From prote(in) + -ase. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|protein|-ase|alt1=prote(in)}} prote(in) + -ase Head templates: {{en-noun}} protease (plural proteases)
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins. Wikipedia link: protease Categories (topical): Enzymes Translations (enzyme): proteasa [feminine] (Catalan), 蛋白酶 (dànbáiméi) (Chinese Mandarin), proteáza [feminine] (Czech), proteaasi (Finnish), protéase (French), Protease [feminine] (German), Peptidase [feminine] (German), Proteinase [feminine] (German), प्रोभूजिनेद (probhūjined) [masculine] (Hindi), próitéáis (Irish), proteasi (Italian), プロテアーゼ (puroteāze) (Japanese), 蛋白質分解酵素 (tanpakushitsu bunkai kōso) (alt: たんぱくしつぶんかいこうそ) (Japanese), 프로테아제 (peuroteaje) (Korean), 단백질 분해 효소 (danbaekjil bunhae hyoso) (Korean), peptydaza [feminine] (Polish), protease [feminine] (Portuguese), proteasa [feminine] (Spanish), proteas [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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