protease

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈprəʊtɪˌeɪs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(prō′tē ās′, -āz′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pro•te•ase  (prō′tē ās′, -āz′),USA pronunciation n. [Biochem.]
  1. Biochemistryany of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
  • prote(in) + -ase 1900–05

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
protease /ˈprəʊtɪˌeɪs/ n
  1. any enzyme involved in proteolysis
Etymology: 20th Century: from protein + -ase
'protease' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
protease inhibitor - elastase

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