Proteases

What are proteases?

Proteases are enzymes that can catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds in proteins. More precisely, this group of enzymes activates peptides in apposition. Very often, peptides are found in the inner layers of cell membranes. But not only. Protease has a pronounced function; it cleaves off poisonous proteins that are toxic to the human body, resulting in the formation of a peptide as a protein product that can be safely removed from the body.

Proteolysis is a process carried out under the influence of proteases. They play a very important role in regulating the metabolism of cells and organisms in general. There are both exogenous proteases (functioning mainly outside the cell) and endogenous (working in the cytoplasm). Both types of these enzymes are pepsinogens and share exactly the same activation stages. Because of this, we can say that subtle proteolytic enzymes are released immediately in the form of active enzymes.