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protease
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Protease
A
protease
(also called a
peptidase
or
proteinase
) is any
enzyme
that performs
proteolysis
, that is, begins
protein
catabolism
by
hydrolysis
of the
peptide bonds
that link
amino acids
together in a
polypeptide
chain. Proteases have
evolved multiple times
, and different classes of protease can perform the same reaction by completely different
catalytic mechanisms
. Proteases can be found in
animals
,
plants
,
bacteria
,
archaea
and
viruses
.
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