proteolytic enzyme

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

trypsin papain protease zymogen plasmin peptidase proteinase

Hypernyms

enzyme

Hyponyms

ace renin urokinase angiotensin converting enzyme caspase plasminogen activator

Close letter words and terms

proteolysed proteolysis proteolytic proteolytical proteolytically proteolyze