🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

タンパク質分解酵素

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tanpakushitsu bunkai kōso

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Protease/ˈproʊ.ti.eɪz/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"プロテアーゼはタンパク質をアミノ酸に分解します。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An enzyme that breaks down protein polymers into smaller peptides or amino acid monomers by cleaving peptide bonds.

    "The digestive protease pepsin breaks down dietary proteins in the acidic environment of the stomach."
  2. 2

    Any of a group of enzymes essential to various physiological processes, including protein catabolism, blood coagulation, and viral replication.

    "Researchers targeted the viral protease to inhibit the replication cycle of the pathogen."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the neo-Latin 'protein' (from Greek prōteios, meaning 'primary' or 'holding first place') combined with the chemical suffix '-ase', which denotes an enzyme. Coined in the late 19th and early 20th century as biochemistry emerged as a distinct scientific discipline to categorize proteins that catalyze proteolysis.

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