A protease (also called a peptidase, proteinase, or proteolytic enzyme) is an enzyme that catalyzes proteolysis, breaking down proteins into smaller polypeptides...
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Serine proteases (or serine endopeptidases) are enzymes that cleave peptide bonds in proteins. Serine serves as the nucleophilic amino acid at the (enzyme's)...
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Protease inhibitor can refer to: Protease inhibitor (pharmacology): a class of medication that inhibits viral protease Protease inhibitor (biology): molecules...
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and COVID-19. These protease inhibitors prevent viral replication by selectively binding to viral proteases (e.g. HIV-1 protease) and blocking proteolytic...
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Cysteine proteases, also known as thiol proteases, are hydrolase enzymes that degrade proteins. These proteases share a common catalytic mechanism that...
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three proteases: P1 protease (1 cleavage site), helper-component protease (1 cleavage site) and TEV protease (7 cleavage sites). The native TEV protease also...
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Protease A may refer to one of two enzymes: Streptogrisin A Omptin This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Protease A. If an...
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Catalytic triad (redirect from N-terminal nucleophilic protease)
triads are most commonly found in hydrolase and transferase enzymes (e.g. proteases, amidases, esterases, acylases, lipases and β-lactamases). An acid-base-nucleophile...
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Prion (redirect from Protease-resistant PrP)
in infectious material has a different structure and is resistant to proteases, the enzymes in the body that can normally break down proteins. The normal...
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sixth catalytic type of protease. Members of this group of protease had been previously assumed to be an aspartate protease, but structural determination...
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