"protease" meaning in English

See protease in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹəʊtɪeɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-protease.wav [Southern-England] Forms: proteases [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English prote(in) Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English protease From prote(in) + -ase. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|protein<alt:prote(in)>|-ase|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English prote(in) Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English protease [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "twice", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "two", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwóh₁", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwís", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "διά", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "δῐᾰ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to stand", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*steh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*stísteh₂ti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*hístāmi", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ῐ̔́στημῐ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "δῐῐ̈́στημῐ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "diastase", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ase", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "protease", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="protease"> From prote(in) + -ase. Head templates: {{en-noun}} protease (plural proteases)
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins. 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), ақуызды ыдырататын фермент (aquyzdy ydyratatyn ferment) (Kazakh), 프로테아제 (peuroteaje) (Korean), 단백질 분해 효소 (danbaekjil bunhae hyoso) (Korean), peptydaza [feminine] (Polish), protease [feminine] (Portuguese), proteasa [feminine] (Spanish), proteas [masculine] (Welsh)

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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
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          "text": "All were tested for their ability to clot milk and to hydrolyze denatured hemoglobin, egg albumin, protamine (salmon), histone (calf thymus), and benzoyl-l-arginineamide. In no case was any trace of protease activity detected.",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "dànbáiméi",
      "sense": "enzyme",
      "word": "蛋白酶"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "enzyme",
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      "word": "proteáza"
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      "sense": "enzyme",
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      "sense": "enzyme",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "प्रोभूजिनेद"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "enzyme",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "alt": "たんぱくしつぶんかいこうそ",
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      "roman": "tanpakushitsu bunkai kōso",
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      "roman": "danbaekjil bunhae hyoso",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "cy",
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