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protease
[ proh-tee-eys, -eyz ]
noun
- any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
protease
/ ˈprəʊtɪˌeɪs /
noun
- any enzyme involved in proteolysis
protease
/ prō′tē-ās′ /
- Any of various enzymes that bring about the breakdown of proteins into peptides or amino acids by hydrolysis. Pepsin is an example of a protease.
Word History and Origins
Origin of protease1
Example Sentences
Pfizer says its studies similarly showed that the virus is not developing resistance to the protease inhibitor drug.
Similar protease enzymes exist in other types of coronavirus.
It could—the protease could conceivably evolve enough to dodge the drug.
In the first experiment, researchers found that the drug’s key ingredient, nirmatrelvir, was equally successful at blocking protease from Omicron and the original virus strain.
Paxlovid blocks a coronavirus protease, an enzyme the virus needs to make copies of itself.
For HIV, though, real therapy began only 18 years ago with the introduction of a class of drugs, the protease inhibitors.
The best-known example of this type of enzymes is the protease of yeast; but similar ones may be found in germinating seeds.
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