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What is a peptidase?

What is a peptidase? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids; a protease.
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Use of an inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase IV in the preparation of a therapeutic composition for the treatment of sub-normal development or dwarfism.
This indicates extraordinary peptidase stability of the peptide bond in cyclic dipeptides.
Pancreatic trypsin is a member of the large and diverse serine peptidase family.
They are known to secrete large amounts of protein-rich material and are thought to secrete the enzyme peptidase, which breaks peptide molecules into amino acids suitable for assimilation by the body.
This enzyme may also act as a glutamyl peptidase, requiring only water as an acceptor.
In most cases, the signal sequence is cleaved from the protein by an enzyme called signal peptidase as it emerges on the luminal surface of the ER membrane.

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