metalloendoprotease

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

metallo- +‎ endoprotease

Noun[edit]

metalloendoprotease (plural metalloendoproteases)

  1. (biochemistry) any endoprotease that is a metalloenzyme
    • 2015 December 4, “Melamine Impairs Female Fertility via Suppressing Protein Level of Juno in Mouse Eggs”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Following fertilization, ZP2 undergoes proteolytic cleavage by an oocyte-specific astacin-like metalloendoprotease, first reported as ovastacin (citation), released from the cortical granules, and sperm no longer bind to mouse embryos [22 ].
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