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Trypsin

Definition: Trypsin

Trypsin

Noun

1. An enzyme of pancreatic origin; catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins to smaller polypeptide units.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Trypsin \Tryp"sin\, noun. [Cr. rubbing, from to rub, grind. So called because it causes proteid matter to break up or to fall apart.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: Trypsin

DomainDefinition

Chemistry

Pancreatic enzyme which breaks down proteins. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

A serine endopeptidase that is formed from trypsinogen in the pancreas. It is converted into its active form by enteropeptidase in the small intestine. It catalyzes hydrolysis of the carboxyl group of either arginine or lysine. EC 3.4.21.4. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Trypsin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Trypsin is an enzyme that cleaves proteins at specific positions. It cuts at R-X and K-X bonds, unless X is P (see amino acids for the codes). Many trypsin preparations contain some chymotrypsin activity. The pH optimum for trypsin activity is pH 7-9, and it is permanently inactivated at pH > 11. Trypsin retains activity in 0.1% SDS, 1 M guanidine HCl, and 30% ethanol. The autocatalytic activity of trypsin can be slowed down with 20 mM calcium.

Together with pepsin and chymotrypsin, trypsin is one of the three principal digestive proteinases. It is produced by the pancreas, and works in the small intestine, where it degrades proteins to polypeptides and amino acids.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Trypsin."

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Crosswords: Trypsin

English words defined with "trypsin": enterokinasePancreatic juicetrypsinogen, Tryptic, Tryptone. (references)
Specialty definitions using "trypsin": alpha 1-AntitrypsinBenzoylarginine Nitroanilide, Benzoylarginine-2-NaphthylamideChymotrypsinEnteropeptidaseFactor XIIaLeupeptinsMyosin SubfragmentsProenzymesTissue Kallikreins, Trypsin Inhibitor, Bowman-Birk Soybean, Trypsin Inhibitor, Kazal Pancreatic, Trypsin Inhibitor, Kunitz Soybean, Trypsin Inhibitors. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Trypsin

DomainTitle

Books

  • The fibrinolytic enzyme system and trypsin inhibitor as measured by the casein method (reference)

  • Trypsin inhibitors of white bush (Cucurbita pepo var. patissonina) fruits and seeds (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Usage Frequency: Trypsin

"Trypsin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Trypsin" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%5744,859

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Trypsin

Expression using "trypsin": Trypsin Inhibitors. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "trypsin": trypsin-edta, trypsin-resistant.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Trypsin

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

trypsin

44

bovine inhibitor pancreas trypsin

8

trypsin inhibitor

6

alpha deficiency trypsin

3

crayfish trypsin

2

cell culture trypsin

2

1 alpha anti deficiency trypsin

2

enzyme trypsin

2
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Modern Translation: Trypsin

Language Translations for "trypsin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

trypsin. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

trypsine. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

immunoreaktiivinen trypsiini (immunoreactive trypsin). (various references)

   

French

  

trypsine. (various references)

   

German

  

Trypsin. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τρυψίνη, θρυψίνη. (various references)

   

Italian

  

tripsina. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ypsintray

   

Portuguese

  

tupsina. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tripsina. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Trypsin

Derivations

Words beginning with "trypsin": trypsinogen, trypsinogens, trypsins. (additional references)

Words ending with "trypsin": chymotrypsin. (additional references)

Words containing "trypsin": chymotrypsinogen, chymotrypsinogens, chymotrypsins. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Trypsin"

Words rhyming with "trypsin" (pronounced 'Tryp"sin'): Alkarsin, Amylopsin, BASIN, Biliprasin, Marcassin, Monesin, Pepsin, Quassin, Raisin, Sasin, Seisin, Sepsin, Steapsin, tocsin, Zuisin. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Trypsin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-n-p-r-s-t-y"

-1 letter: prints, sprint, stripy.

-2 letters: pints, pirns, print, pyins, spiny, spirt, spiry, sprit, stirp, strip, tipsy, trips.

-3 letters: nips, nits, pins, pint, piny, pirn, pits, pity, pyin, rins, rips, snip, snit, spin, spit, spry, stir, tins, tiny, tips, trip, tyin, yins, yips.

-4 letters: ins, its, nip, nit, pin, pis, pit, pry, psi, rin, rip, sin.

 Words containing the letters "i-n-p-r-s-t-y"
 

+1 letter: trypsins.

 

+2 letters: drypoints, splintery.

 

+3 letters: anisotropy, interplays, panegyrist, partisanly, pristinely, propensity, pyrethrins, spinsterly, sportingly.

 

+4 letters: antileprosy, antipyreses, antipyresis, antipyrines, decryptions, encryptions, hypertonias, inspiratory, misanthropy, panegyrists, patronymics, periphytons, persistency, persnickety, personality, pharyngitis, predynastic, presciently, presynaptic, proselyting, pyroxenites, retinoscopy, rhinoplasty, serendipity, stipendiary, tapestrying, tropomyosin, trypsinogen, tryptamines.

 

+5 letters: antipyretics, arsenopyrite, attorneyship, chymotrypsin, discrepantly, dispensatory, hyperintense, hypersthenic, hypertension, hypertensive, interpsychic, intrapsychic, pantisocracy, persistently, phenocrystic, platyrrhines, playwritings, polycentrism, polyneuritis, prehensility, presbyterian, prostacyclin, protensively, pyrotechnics, pyrotechnist, rehypnotizes, scintigraphy, sempiternity, serpentinely, stereotyping, streptolysin, streptomycin, thyrotropins, tropomyosins, trypsinogens, typewritings.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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