cathepsin

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Pronunciation
/kəˈθɛpsɪn/

Definition of cathepsin

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.
    “Grassmann and Dyckerhoff (1930) showed that cysteine and cyanide inhibited the action of ereptic aminopolyase, while they accelerated the action of proteases such as cathepsin.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Kathepsin, from Ancient Greek καθέψω (kathépsō), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕψω (hépsō, “boil”).

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