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lancelet(medicine)
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serine(dictionary)
Serine(medicine)
serine(encyclopedia)
serine diazoacetate(medicine)
serine endopeptidase(medicine)
serine proteinases(medicine)

Serine protease (medicine) and lancelet (medicine)


Serine protease (medicine)


serine protease
<enzyme> One of a group of endoproteases from both animal and bacterial sources that share a common reaction mechanism based on formation of an acyl enzyme intermediate on a specific active serine residue. Serine proteases are all irreversibly inactivated by a series of organophosphorus esters, such as di isopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) and by naturally occurring inhibitors (serpins). This group includes enzymes active in digestion, blood clotting, immune reactios, and fertilization of the ovum.

Examples are trypsin, chymotrypsin and the bacterial enzyme subtilisin.


lancelet (medicine)


lancelet
<zoology> A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.

Origin: Lance + -let.

Source: Websters Dictionary