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proteolysis Definition

pro·te·oly·sis (prōt′ē äl′ə sis)

noun

Biochem. the breaking down of proteins, as by gastric juices, to form simpler substances

Etymology: ModL: see protein & -lysis

proteolysis Related Forms
pro′teo·lyt′ic (-ō lit′ik) adjective
proteolysis Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • protein: These foreign peptides are 810 amino acids long and are generated by the proteolysis of viral proteins in the cytoplasm of an infected cell.

Adjective modifier

  • ubiquitin-mediated: Hershko, A. ( 1997 ) Roles of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis in cell cycle control, Curr.
  • limited: For instance, we designed a simple set of experiments to map the viral capsid using limited proteolysis many years ago.