Meanings
nounyapsin (plural yapsins)
plural yapsins
- biochemistryA form of pepsin.
Here, we demonstrate that the yapsin family of five glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked aspartyl proteases is required for cell wall integrity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
2005 Aug, Damian J Krysan, Elizabeth L Ting, Claudia Abeijon, Lee Kroos, Robert S Fuller, “Yapsins Are a Family of Aspartyl Proteases Required for Cell Wall Integrity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, in Eukaryot Cell., volume 4, number 8, →DOI
Origin
From yeast aspartic protease.
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