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Proteases break down protein, usually in the small intestine.

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Where does protease work in the body?

In the stomach, where is churns around and sights food.


What enzyme work on proteins?

There are several types. Protease,tripsin,pepsin aresome


What is the formula for protease?

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


What does protease producE?

Protease breaks down Protein into amino acids


A drug that is used to treat AIDS by blocking the production of an enzyme?

The drug you are referring to is likely to be a protease inhibitor. Protease inhibitors work by blocking the enzyme necessary for the replication of the virus that causes AIDS, which helps prevent the virus from multiplying and spreading within the body. By inhibiting this enzyme, protease inhibitors are able to slow down the progression of the disease and improve the immune status of individuals with AIDS.


What are protease enymes?

The protease enzyme helps in the breakdown of proteins present in a cell


What evidence is there that protease enzyme came from a human?

Protease enzme came from a human.


How is protease related to AIDS?

The third class of antiretroviral drugs developed against HIV were the protease inhibitors. These work far back in the life cycle of HIV, after host cell integration but before budding. These drugs affect the enzyme protease, which is used to cut up the HIV protein to be packaged into virions. When the cell produces HIV proteins, the raw material is in a long connected string. The enzyme protease acts as a "scissor" to cut up the string into the protein for each virion. Protease inhibitors prevent protease from doing this. They resemble pieces of the protein string that protease usually cuts. This disrupts the cutting process, which prevents the chain from being cut into small pieces, which prevents HIV from making copies of itself.


How does indinavir work?

Indinavir is a protease inhibitor used to treat HIV/AIDS. It works by blocking the protease enzyme, which HIV needs to replicate and spread in the body. This helps to reduce the viral load and slow down the progression of the disease.


Is neurotoxin or protease more dangerous?

Though they are both inhibitors, I would say Protease.


What is the names of the enzymes in the small intestine?

Amylase, Protease And Lipase


What do protease enzymes do?

A protease enzyme digests proteins. It non-specifically degrades proteins