General term for an enzyme that cleaves (digests) proteins.
An enzyme that degrades proteins by hydrolyzing peptide bonds.
Any enzyme which acts upon the peptide bonds of proteins and peptides; a protein-splitting or hydrolyzing enzyme.
(n) an enzyme that helps the breakdown of protein, also known as a proteolytic enzyme. (See enzymes.)
an enzyme that cleaves proteins, allowing HIV replication.
Enzyme such as trypsin that degrades proteins by hydrolyzing some of their peptide bonds.
any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis
An enzyme that degrades protein.
An enzyme that HIV uses to break up large proteins into smaller ones from which new HIV particles can be made.
An enzyme that breaks down protein.
an enzyme evolved to digest other proteins into their component amino acids.
A protease is an enzyme that cleaves proteins at specific recognition sites determined by amino acid type or sequence, reducing a protein to shorter peptides or amino acids. Proteases are found throughout the body, and in the laboratory, are essential tools in preparing proteins for characterization via biochemical techniques.
enzyme that speeds the breakdown of proteins into amino acids.
(pro´ tee ase) • See proteolytic enzyme.
An enzyme that breaks down proteins into their component peptides.
a catalyst for the cleavage of peptide bonds
a catalyst which cleaves peptide bonds
a molecular machine that cuts proteins
a naturally occurring enzyme that promotes neuron death
an enzyme that cleaves proteins and peptides
an enzyme that splits proteins and thereby degrades them
an enzyme which degrades proteins into smaller components (peptides)
a protein enzyme that can break a bond in another protein at a specific point
a viral enzyme critical in the SARS life cycle
Plant based enzyme that breaks protein down into amino acids.
any enzyme that catalyses the splitting of interior peptide bonds in a protein.
A class of enzyme whose function is to digest other proteins.
Any enzyme able to hydrolyse proteins and peptides by proteolysis.
Enzymes that degrade protein molecules
an enzyme that breaks down proteins to their subunits or component peptides
an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolytic breakdown of protein.
An enzyme that cleaves internal peptide bonds in a protein molecule.
A type of enzyme that breaks down protein into small peptides and amino acids.
An enzyme which cuts ribbons of newly fabricated HIV in order to make viral particles. To make new copies of itself inside infected cells, HIV depends on several enzymes. All of these enzymes have specific jobs in the HIV replication process. Protease is one of HIV's enzymes, and it is required to continue the process of HIV infection. Its job comes near the end of HIV replication. By then, HIV has already entered the cell's nucleus and has made long chains of proteins and enzymes that will form many new copies of HIV. But before they can produce working viral particles, the long chains have to be cut into smaller pieces. The HIV protease enzyme is like a "chemical scissors" because it cuts the long chain into shorter pieces.5
an HIV enzyme used to cut large HIV proteins into smaller ones needed for the assembly of an infectious virus particle.
an enzyme that breaks down proteins and is used in cell replication. There are many kinds of protease, most of which are beneficial. One enzyme is specific to the HIV replication process.
an enzyme that cleaves proteins. HIV protease cleaves the large precursor proteins produced from viral RNA into the component parts (e.g., enzymes and structural proteins) that are then assembled into new viral particles. Protease is essential for the production of infectious new virions.
A protein that digests other proteins.
Enzymes that are involved in the breakdown of proteins. They are most widely used enzyme in detergents; it removes protein stains from egg, grass, blood, and sweat. Also used to treat wool and raw silk.
An enzyme that breaks the internal bonds of a protein
A pancreatic enzyme that digests proteins.
An enzyme that plays an important role in the digestion of protein. BACK
consists of various enzymes, including the proteinases and peptidases, that catalyze the hydrolytic breakdown of proteins into peptides or amino acids.
An enzyme in HIV responsible for breaking the HIV viral protein strand into smaller pieces that are needed to form a new, mature virus.
A substance in the blood that breaks down proteins. Drugs that inhibit protease may stop HIV from breaking down the proteins it needs to grow. Protease inhibitor trials involving PWAs are showing promise and the first drugs are being introduced.
Enzymes which break down proteins.
Protease is an enzyme that causes the decomposition of protein.
an enzyme that splits a protein into smaller sections.
Protease enzymes digests protein. Taking protease enzymes with meals spares the natural pool of protease enzymes circulating in the blood so that they can continue to breakdown and destroy unwanted fungi, bacteria and viruses in the bloodstream.
an enzyme that digests proteins. Protein: a linear polymer that, in its biologically active state, functions as a catalyst in metabolism or as a structural element of cells and tissues.
A proteolytic enzyme which breaks up large proteins in the endosperm that would cause haze in the beer.
An enzyme that triggers the breakdown of proteins. HIV's protease enzyme breaks apart long strands of viral protein into the separate proteins making up viral core. The enzyme acts as new virus particles are budding off a cell membrane.
A group of enzymes that is effective in breaking down proteins into smaller, less complex molecules.
A generic term for an enzyme that cleaves a polypeptide chain. ( 10)
A naturally occurring pancreatic enzyme. The flow of these enzymes into the digestive system usually is blocked in CF patients, resulting in the need for pancreatic enzyme supplements
Proteases (proteinases, peptidases, or proteolytic enzymes) are enzymes that break peptide bonds between amino acids of proteins. The process is called peptide cleavage, a common mechanism of activation or inactivation of enzymes, especially those involved in blood coagulation or digestion. They use a molecule of water for this and are thus classified as hydrolases.