digestion of proteins
Proteases catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds in proteins, resulting in the formation of smaller peptides and amino acids.
Proteases: Any of various enzymes, including the endopeptidases and exopeptidases, that catalyze the hydrolytic breakdown of proteins into peptides or amino acids. Poteinases: A protease that begins the hydrolytic breakdown of proteins, usually by splitting them into polypeptide chains. It is also a synonym of endopeptidases (e.g. pepsin, trypsin, or papain). Note: Protease - endo- & exo- peptidases; Catalyze hydrolytic breakdown Proteinase - endo-peptidases; Begins hydrolytic breakdown by splitting
Proteases or peptidases are the enzymes that catalyze the breakdown (hydrolysis) of proteins into shorter chains of peptides or into their constituent amino acids. Note the process of protein hydrolysis is called proteolysis.
Words that end in -zyme typically refer to enzymes, which are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions in living organisms. Examples include protease, lipase, and amylase.
Protease and amylase are enzymes that catalyze different types of reactions due to their specific substrate targets. Protease breaks down proteins into smaller peptides or amino acids, while amylase hydrolyzes starches into sugars. Their distinct active sites and substrate affinities mean that they are designed to facilitate different biochemical processes, making them ineffective in controlling the same reaction. Thus, each enzyme plays a unique role in metabolism and digestion.
Protease is an enzyme. It is essentially a protein. Protease is not a compound and therefore its formula cannot be given out. Protease are a class of enzymes involved in digesting proteins. The basic mode of action can be described as: Protein + Protease -----> Digested protein + protease Since enzymes do not react in a biochemical reaction (they are merely catalysis), protease appears on both sides of the reaction shown above
A multifunctional enzyme is the enzyme which functions in multiple way to synthesize more than one kind of product .It is the single polypeptide with several domains .Example for multifunctional enzyme is protease : during the evolution of enzymes protease function is protein catabolism and generation of amino acids in primitive organisms the time passed these are observed to be the protein demolition enzyme and also these proteases act as sharp scissors and catalyze highly specific reactions of proteolytic processing, producing new protein products ,inaugurated a new era in protease research.
Protease breaks down Protein into amino acids
The protease enzyme helps in the breakdown of proteins present in a cell
Protease enzme came from a human.
Though they are both inhibitors, I would say Protease.
Amylase, Protease And Lipase