matriptase
English
editEtymology
editmatri- (because of its use in treating breast cancer) + tryp(sin) + -ase?
Noun
editmatriptase (usually uncountable, plural matriptases)
- (biochemistry) An enzyme that cleaves various kinds of synthetic substrate.
- 2015 October 21, “Divergent Inhibitor Susceptibility among Airway Lumen-Accessible Tryptic Proteases”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Stoichiometric release of 6-amidino-2-naphthol allowed highly sensitive fluorometric estimation of active-site concentration in preparations of matriptase and tryptase.