Protease

Proteases are enzymes that break down proteins by hydrolyzing the peptide bonds between amino acids. According to the place of action in the peptide chain, proteases are divided into:

• endoproteases – cleaves a protein molecule inside its chain (e.g. trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin),
• exoproteases – cleaves amino acids from the end of the peptide chain (e.g. carboxypeptidase).

Source

• ŠVÍGLEROVA, Jitka. Protease [online]. Last revision 2/18/2009, [cit. 11/12/2010]. <https://web.archive.org/web/20160306065550/http://wiki.lfp-studium.cz/index.php/Proteáza>