carboxypeptidase /car·boxy·pep·ti·dase/ (-pep´tĭ-dās) any exopeptidase that catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of the terminal or penultimate bond at the end of a peptide or polypeptide where the free carboxyl group occurs.
carboxypeptidase (kärbok´sēpep´-tidās),
car·box·y·pep·ti·dase (kär-b k s -p p t -d s, -dz)n. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a terminal amino acid from the end of a peptide or polypeptide that contains a free carboxyl group. |
carboxypeptidase (kärbok´sēpep´-tidās),
n an exopeptidase that stimulates the hydrolytic cleavage of the last or second to last peptide bond at the C-terminal end of a peptide or polypeptide.
carboxypeptidase
an exopeptidase enzyme secreted by the pancreas that acts only on the peptide linkage of a terminal amino acid containing a free carboxyl group; includes carboxypeptidases A and B.
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