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What does endopeptidase mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes, such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin and elastase, which catalyze the splitting of polypeptide chains.
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The expression and catalytic activity of neural endopeptidase which is involved in degrading beta amyloid was also measured.
Cathepsin L, a lysosomal endopeptidase, is a member of the papain-like family of cysteine proteinases.
Buserelin is also inactivated by chymotrypsin-like enzymes such as neutral endopeptidase from the pituitary.
This enzyme is an exopeptidase with endopeptidase and glutaminase side activities.
Superoxide-scavenging and prolyl endopeptidase inhibitory activities of Bangladeshi indigenous medicinal plants.
In the stomach, protein materials are attacked initially by a gastric endopeptidase known as pepsin.

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