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thermolysin
CIDE DICTIONARY
thermolysin, n. [Thermo- + Gr. ly`ein to loose + -in.].
a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the bacterium Bacillus thermoproteolyticus , which hydrolyses the N-terminal amide bonds of hydrophobic amino acid residues in proteins. It is used in studies of protein structure. It has a molecular weight of about 37,500 and contains zinc and calcium in its active configuration. [PJC]
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