Papain
"Papain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A proteolytic enzyme obtained from Carica papaya. It is also the name used for a purified mixture of papain and CHYMOPAPAIN that is used as a topical enzymatic debriding agent. EC 3.4.22.2.
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D010206
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.262.500.585 D08.811.277.656.300.200.585
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Papain" by people in Profiles.
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Kathman SG, Xu Z, Statsyuk AV. A fragment-based method to discover irreversible covalent inhibitors of cysteine proteases. J Med Chem. 2014 Jun 12; 57(11):4969-74.
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Hodder AN, Drew DR, Epa VC, Delorenzi M, Bourgon R, Miller SK, Moritz RL, Frecklington DF, Simpson RJ, Speed TP, Pike RN, Crabb BS. Enzymic, phylogenetic, and structural characterization of the unusual papain-like protease domain of Plasmodium falciparum SERA5. J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 28; 278(48):48169-77.