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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases

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Peptide Hydrolases  

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Entry terms

  • Enzyme, Proteolytic
  • Esteroproteases
  • Hydrolase, Peptide
  • Peptidase
  • Peptidases
  • Peptide Hydrolase
  • Protease
  • Proteases
  • Proteinase
  • Proteinases
  • Proteolytic Enzyme
  • Proteolytic Enzymes

Scope note

  • Hydrolases that specifically cleave the peptide bonds found in PROTEINS and PEPTIDES. Examples of sub-subclasses for this group include EXOPEPTIDASES and ENDOPEPTIDASES.

History note

  • 1966; for PROTEINASES use ENDOPEPTIDASES 1979-2000; for PROTEASES use ENDOPEPTIDASES 1987-2004

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010447

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