1. A set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's)

Type of: enzyme

Encyclopedia: Secretase

• dry land
• dry masonry
• dry measure
• dry milk
• dry mop
• dry mouth
• dry mustard
• dry nurse
• dry out
• dry pint
• dry plate
• dry plate process
• dry point
• dry quart
• dry run
• dry season
• dry socket
• dry unit
• dry up
• dry vermouth
• dry walling
• dry wash
• dry-bulb thermometer
• dry-cleaned
• dry-eyed