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Carboxyl vs Chymotrypsin - What's the difference?

carboxyl | chymotrypsin |

As nouns the difference between carboxyl and chymotrypsin

is that carboxyl is (organic chemistry) a univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-cooh); characteristic of carboxylic acids while chymotrypsin is an endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.

carboxyl

English

(wikipedia carboxyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.

    • Derived terms

    * carboxy- * carboxylase * carboxylic

    chymotrypsin

    English

    (wikipedia chymotrypsin)

    Noun

  • An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.

    • Related terms

    *trypsin