Thermolysin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thermolysin \Ther`mo*ly"sin\, n. [Thermo- + Gr. ly`ein to loose
     + -in.] (Biochem.)
     a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the bacterium {Bacillus
     thermoproteolyticus}, which hydrolyses the N-terminal amide
     bonds of hydrophobic amino acid residues in proteins. It is
     used in studies of protein structure. It has a molecular


     weight of about 37,500 and contains zinc and calcium in its
     active configuration. --[MI11]
     [PJC]