chymopapain

chymopapain
A cysteine proteinase similar to papain in specificity; on rare occasions, it is used to shrink slipped disks as an alternative to surgery; used as a meat tenderizer. It is the major endopeptidase of papaya.

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chy·mo·pa·pa·in .kī-mō-pə-'pā-ən, -'pī-ən n a proteolytic enzyme from the latex of the papaya that is used in meat tenderizer and has been used medically in chemonucleolysis

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chy·mo·pa·pain (ki″mo-pə-pānґ) [EC 3.4.22.6] an enzyme of the hydrolase class, a cysteine endopeptidase, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins and polypeptides. Its specificity is very close to that of papain and both occur in the latex of the tropical papaya tree, Carica papaya. The enzyme is used to break down the proteoglycan portion of the nucleus pulposus in the treatment of herniation of intervertebral (lumbar) disks by chemonucleolysis.

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