car·boxy·pep·ti·dase | \ kär-ˌbäk-sē-ˈpep-tə-ˌdās 
, -ˌdāz \
, -ˌdāz \Definition of carboxypeptidase
: an enzyme that hydrolyzes peptides and especially polypeptides by splitting off sequentially the amino acids at the end of the peptide chain which contain free carboxyl groups
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carboxypeptidase
nouncar·boxy·pep·ti·dase | \ -ˈpep-tə-ˌdās, -ˌdāz \
\Medical Definition of carboxypeptidase
: an enzyme that hydrolyzes peptides and especially polypeptides by splitting off sequentially the amino acids at the end of the peptide chain which contain free carboxyl groups
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The first known use of carboxypeptidase was in 1935
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