carboxypeptidase

American  

[kahr-bok-see-pep-ti-deys, -deyz] / kɑrˌbɒk siˈpɛp tɪˌdeɪs, -ˌdeɪz /

noun

Biochemistry.

1. any of several digestive enzymes that catalyze the removal of an amino acid from the end of a peptide chain having a free carbonyl group.

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Etymology

Origin of carboxypeptidase

carb- + oxy- ² + peptidase

Example Sentences

Specifically, carboxypeptidase, dipeptidase, and aminopeptidase play important roles in reducing the peptides to free amino acids.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Trypsin elastase, carboxypeptidase, and chymotrypsin are produced by the pancreas and released into the duodenum where they act on the chyme.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

He joined the lab of ‘The Colonel’ William Lipscomb, and became a protein crystallographer, helping to solve the structure of the versatile enzyme carboxypeptidase A.

From Nature • Oct. 29, 2018

The intestinal brush border enzyme enteropeptidase stimulates the activation of trypsin from trypsinogen of the pancreas, which in turn changes the pancreatic enzymes procarboxypeptidase and chymotrypsinogen into their active forms, carboxypeptidase and chymotrypsin.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013