Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biochemistry That breaks the
peptide bonds ofnonterminal amino acids inproteins
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From endo- + proteolytic
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word endoproteolytic.
Examples
-
Stawowy P, Kallisch H, Kilimnik A, Margeta C, Seidah NG, et al. (2004) Proprotein convertases regulate insulin-like growth factor 1-induced membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase in VSMCs via endoproteolytic activation of the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katarina Hajdin et al. 2010
-
This membrane bound type 1 protease is responsible for tissue-specific endoproteolytic cleavage of a large variety of inactive protein precursors at the general sequence motif
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ajoy Basak et al. 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.