nounmasculinepl: trypsins
tripsina
1. A serine protease enzyme produced by the pancreas that catalyzes the breakdown of peptide bonds in proteins during digestion
Trypsin is essential for protein digestion in the small intestine.
A tripsina é essencial para a digestão de proteínas no intestino delgado.
2. An enzyme commonly used in laboratory and biotechnology applications for cell dissociation and protein analysis
The researchers used trypsin to dissociate the cell culture into individual cells.
Os pesquisadores usaram tripsina para dissociar a cultura de células em células individuais.
Trypsin is a technical term primarily used in medical, biological, and biochemical contexts in both Brazil and the United States. It is fundamental to undergraduate and graduate biochemistry education and is widely used in laboratory settings for cell culture work and protein research. The term is identical across English and Portuguese scientific literature.
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