chymotrypsin

English

Etymology

From chyme +‎ -o- +‎ trypsin.

Noun

chymotrypsin (countable and uncountable, plural chymotrypsins)

1. (biochemistry) An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.

Derived terms

• antichymotrypsin
• chymotrypsinated
• chymotrypsinized
• chymotrypsinogen
• chymotrypsinolysis

 

Related terms

• trypsin

Translations

enzyme

• Portuguese: quimotripsina f
• Spanish: quimotripsina (es) f
• Swedish: kymotrypsin (sv)