- catheptic
- ca·thep·tic
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catheptic
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catheptic — adjective see cathepsin … Useful english dictionary
cathepsin — catheptic /keuh thep tik/, adj. /keuh thep sin/, n. Biochem. any of a class of intracellular proteolytic enzymes, occurring in animal tissue, esp. the liver, spleen, kidneys, and intestine, that catalyze autolysis in certain pathological… … Universalium
Cathepsin — A cathepsin (Union of two Greek words, kata :down and hepsein:boil) is a cysteine or aspartic protease, a type of protein that breaks apart other proteins, found in many types of cells including those in all animals. There are approximately a… … Wikipedia
