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mercapto protease

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A protease that contains an active sulfhydryl group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • 2005, "Proceedings on Rose Breeding, Cultivation and Production in China", Y Lin, Q Liu, IV International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation, actahort.org Mercapto-protease and serine protease were both found in rose petals.
  • 2020, "Electrochemical detection of silver ions by using sulfur quantum dots modified gold electrode", L Fu, A Wang, K Xie, J Zhu, F Chen, H Wang, et al., Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Elsevier The principle is that silver ion can inhibit the activity of free mercapto protease and thus inhibit its biological function [[4], [5], [6]].
  • 2021, "Cloning, expression and characterization of metalloproteinase HypZn from Aspergillus niger", P Song, W Xu, K Wang, Y Zhang, F Wang, X Zhou, et al., PLoS one, journals.plos.org The cysteine protease inhibitor E-64 had little effect on enzyme activity, indicating that the HypZn active site does not contain cysteine and that it is not a mercaptoprotease.

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History

Etymology

From mercapto + protease.