Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An extracellular enzyme produced by certain strains of a soil bacterium (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) that catalyzes the breakdown of proteins into polypeptides and resembles trypsin in its action.
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- noun biochemistry A
protease produced bysoil bacteria of the genusBacillus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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P. dendritiformis also secretes a protein called subtilisin, which promotes growth, except in high concentrations.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Bacteria use the enzyme, called subtilisin, as a sort of food processor: After producing it internally, they release the enzyme into the soil, where it uses a minuscule "blade" to chop up proteins into digestible pieces.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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Bacteria use the enzyme, called subtilisin, as a sort of food processor: After producing it internally, they release the enzyme into the soil, where it uses a minuscule "blade" to chop up proteins into digestible pieces.
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Bacteria use the enzyme, called subtilisin, as a sort of food processor: After producing it internally, they release the enzyme into the soil, where it uses a minuscule "blade" to chop up proteins into digestible pieces.
innovations-report 2009
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Bacteria use the enzyme, called subtilisin, as a sort of food processor: After producing it internally, they release the enzyme into the soil, where it uses a minuscule "blade" to chop up proteins into digestible pieces.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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HOERSHOLM, Denmark and SAN DIEGO, April 26 Santaris Pharma A/S, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of RNA-targeted therapies, today announced that it has advanced into drug development a discovery research candidate directed against PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9), an important new target for the treatment of high cholesterol.
Medindia Health News 2010
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HOERSHOLM, Denmark and SAN DIEGO, April 26 Santaris Pharma A/S, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of RNA-targeted therapies, today announced that it has advanced into drug development a discovery research candidate directed against PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9), an important new target for the treatment of high cholesterol.
Medindia Health News 2010
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Alnylam has an ongoing development program focused on using RNAi therapeutics targeting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9, or PCSK9, as a novel strategy for reducing LDL (or "bad") cholesterol.
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Nakayama K (1997) Furin: a mammalian subtilisin/Kex2p-like endoprotease involved in processing of a wide variety of precursor proteins.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katarina Hajdin et al. 2010
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Proprotein convertases (PC) are a family of subtilisin-like serine proteases.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katarina Hajdin et al. 2010
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