clostripain
English edit
Etymology edit
It was isolated from Clostridium histolyticum. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ending not yet explained here.”)
Noun edit
clostripain (plural clostripains)
- (biochemistry) Any of a family of proteinases that cleaves proteins on the carboxyl peptide bond of arginine.