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What does proteolysis mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids; especially as part of the digestion of food.
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As a general rule, we recommend to ascertain the optimum time for proteolysis in pre-tests.
Osteocalcin in serum or EDTA plasma has been reported to be sensitive to proteolysis.
A protein resistant to heat and proteolysis that inhibits serine proteases was isolated from wheat leaf apoplasts.
Protein digestion begins in the stomach, where a proenzyme called pepsinogen is secreted, autocatalytically converted to Pepsin A, and used for the first step of proteolysis.
Pepsin-proteolysis, therefore, is strictly the proteolysis produced by pepsin-acid.
Constitutive proteolysis, however, is the main source of free amino acids used for de novo protein synthesis.

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