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

  • noun An endopeptidase, such as pepsin, trypsin, or papain.

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  • noun biochemistry protease

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  • noun any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis

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