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COLLAGENASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("collagenase" is a kind of...):
enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)
Context examples:
Interstitial collagenase (469 aa, ~54 kDa) is encoded by the human MMP1 gene.
(Interstitial Collagenase, NCI Thesaurus)
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