Gender: Male. Usage: Myron, of Hebrew origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name. People having the name Myron are in general originating from Azerbaijan, France, Greece, United Kingdom, United States of America. For another variant of the name Myron across the world, see Myra.
Medical Definition of protease. : any of numerous enzymes that hydrolyze proteins and are classified according to the most prominent functional group (as serine or cysteine) at the active siteâcalled also proteinase; compare peptidase.
Any enzyme that breaks down protein into its building blocks, amino acids, is called a protease, which is a general term. Your digestive tract produces a number of these enzymes, but the three main proteases are pepsin, trypsin and chymotrypsin.