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What does serine mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, CH2OH.CH(NH2)COOH, found in most animal proteins, especially silk.
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Tissue plasminogen activator and, to a lesser degree, urokinase are serine proteases which convert plasminogen to plasmin.
The gelatinase activity was due to metalloproteinases and not cysteine or serine proteinases.
In the case of the serine proteases, they are synthesized as proenzymes, larger molecules that require modification before they become active.
All of the serine proteases and the zinc peptidases of pancreatic secretions are produced in the form of their respective proenzymes.
A protein resistant to heat and proteolysis that inhibits serine proteases was isolated from wheat leaf apoplasts.
Pancreatic trypsin is a member of the large and diverse serine peptidase family.

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