Application | Comment | Organism |
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medicine | used in external treatment of hard tissue, wart and scar tissue removal, acne treatment, depilation, skin cleansing treatment, inclusing in toothpaste. Papain is used in preparation of Tyr derivatives which are used for treatment of Parkinsonism and for the preparation of tetanus vaccines and immunoglobulin samples for intravenous injection | Carica papaya |
nutrition | papain is used in the preparation of fish protein concentrates from fish waste | Carica papaya |
nutrition | used in the tenderisation of meat by its action on connective tissue and muscle protein. Beef is the only meat that is routinely subjected to papain tenderisation and the application of this technology is almost exclusively restricted to the USA | Carica papaya |
nutrition | the enzyme is used for the development of roast beef-like flavours by partial hydrolysis of proteins | Carica papaya |
nutrition | production of dehydrated pulses and beans | Carica papaya |
Molecular Weight [Da] | Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] | Comment | Organism |
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20700 | - |
enzyme from commercial chymopapain, equilibrium measurement | Carica papaya |
23406 | - |
x * 23406, calculation from amino acid sequence | Carica papaya |
23800 | - |
enzyme from spray-dried latex, equilibrium measurement | Carica papaya |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
Carica papaya | - |
- |
- |
Posttranslational Modification | Comment | Organism |
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side-chain modification | propapain is a thio-containing but catalytically inactive protein, that is a structural isomer of papain that can be transformed into papain by thiol-disulfide interchange initiated by addition of a suitable nucleophile such as thiolate | Carica papaya |
Purification (Comment) | Organism |
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- |
Carica papaya |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
latex | - |
Carica papaya | - |
Subunits | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
? | x * 23406, calculation from amino acid sequence | Carica papaya |