Definition of Chymotrypsin

1. Noun. An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chymotrypsin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Chymotrypsin

1. Serine proteases from pancreas. Preferentially hydrolyse Phe, Tyr or Trp peptide and ester bonds. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chymotrypsin

chymified
chymifies
chymify
chymifying
chymist
chymistry
chymists
chymopapain
chymopoiesis
chymorrhoea
chymosin
chymosinogen
chymosins
chymostatin
chymotropic pigment
chymotrypsin (current term)
chymotrypsinogen
chymotrypsinogens
chymotrypsins
chymotryptic
chymous
chymus
chynd
chyometer
chyometers
chypre
chypres
chyron
chyrons
chyrstal

Literary usage of Chymotrypsin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The interesting observation has been made that the sulfonyl enzyme formed, 2-hydroxy-5-nitro-a-toluenesulfonyl-a-chymotrypsin, ..."

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