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Peptidase vs Kallikrein - What's the difference?

peptidase | kallikrein |

As nouns the difference between peptidase and kallikrein

is that peptidase is (enzyme) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids; a protease while kallikrein is any of a set of peptidases, a subgroup of the serine protease family.

peptidase

English

Noun

(wikipedia peptidase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids; a protease

    • kallikrein

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia kallikrein)
  • Any of a set of peptidases, a subgroup of the serine protease family.