Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun secretase

1 sense of secretase

Sense 1
secretase -- (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))
       => enzyme -- (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)