secretase

IPA: sˈikrʌteɪs

(biochemistry) An enzyme that "snips" pieces off a longer protein that is embedded in the cell membrane.

Examples of "secretase" in Sentences

Amyloid precursor protein secretase.
Assembly, trafficking and function of gamma secretase.
Gamma secretase activity has also been associated with lipid rafts.
Gamma secretase complex assembly within the early secretory pathway.
A secreted form of human ADAM9 has an alpha secretase activity for APP.
The discovery and role of CD147 as a subunit of gamma secretase complex.
This can come about by various effects of the mutations upon gamma secretase.
Gamma secretase is also critical in the related processing of the Notch protein.