Meanings
nounmatriptase (usually uncountable, plural matriptases)
plural matriptases
- uncountableusuallybiochemistryAn enzyme that cleaves various kinds of synthetic substrate.
Stoichiometric release of 6-amidino-2-naphthol allowed highly sensitive fluorometric estimation of active-site concentration in preparations of matriptase and tryptase.
2015 October 21, “Divergent Inhibitor Susceptibility among Airway Lumen-Accessible Tryptic Proteases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
From matri- (because of its use in treating breast cancer) + tryp(sin) + -ase?
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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