clostripain

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

clostripain (plural clostripains)

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

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