Enzyme
cysteine protease
cys·te·ine pro·te·ase
Definitions related to cysteine proteases:
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A subclass of peptide hydrolases that depend on a CYSTEINE residue for their activity.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(cysteine proteinase) An enzyme that contains an unpaired cysteine in the active site which acts as a nucleophilic thiol to catalyze the proteolytic processing of other proteins or polypeptides.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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