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carboxypeptidase

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide from the end that contains a free carboxyl group.

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  • noun biochemistry Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide / protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group

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Examples

  • Danzer E, Layne M, Gorman T, Radu A, AdzickNS, Flake A. Gastroschisis in mice lacking aortic carboxypeptidase-like protein is associated with a defect in neuromuscular development restricted to the eviscerated intestine.

    CHOP abdominal wall defect publications 2010

  • "We have developed an assay for this mast cell enzyme and looked at some 200 cases of anaphylaxis and found an increased concentration of carboxypeptidase in the blood," Walls said.

    Deadly Food Allergies Amanda Gardner for HealthDayNews 2006

  • Finally, researchers in the United Kingdom found that levels of carboxypeptidase, an enzyme associated with mast cells, were higher in people who had an anaphylactic reaction, compared with those without a reaction.

    Deadly Food Allergies Amanda Gardner for HealthDayNews 2006

  • Endorphins are metabolized by the enzymes acetyltransferase, carboxypeptidase B, or other endopeptidases.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • They are metabolized by a trypsinlike endopeptidase, carboxypeptidase B, and endo-oligopeptidase A.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Endorphins are metabolized by the enzymes acetyltransferase, carboxypeptidase B, or other endopeptidases.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • They are metabolized by a trypsinlike endopeptidase, carboxypeptidase B, and endo-oligopeptidase A.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • In 1929 he isolated pepsin in pure crystalline form by techniques which were later used by himself and other workers to crystallize trypsin, chymotrypsin, carboxypeptidase, and pepsinogen.

    John H. Northrop - Biography 1964

  • CPE-delta N is a variant of an enzyme, carboxypeptidase E CPE, usually involved in processing hormones, Loh explained.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • CPE-delta N is a variant of an enzyme, carboxypeptidase E CPE, usually involved in processing hormones, Loh explained.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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