clostripain

English

Etymology

It was isolated from Clostridium histolyticum. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ending not yet explained here.”)

Noun

clostripain (plural clostripains)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of proteinases that cleaves proteins on the carboxyl peptide bond of arginine.

Related terms

• clostridiopeptidase