cathepsins
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views updated Jun 11 2018cathepsins (Also
kathepsins); a group of intracellular enzymes in animal tissues which hydrolyse proteins. They are involved in the normal turnover of tissue protein, and the softening of meat when
game is hung.
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER
cathepsins
oxford
views updated May 11 2018cathepsins Protein-digesting enzymes that are found in
lysosomes.
A Dictionary of Biology
