adjective
- of, relating to, or produced by chymotrypsin (a digestive enzyme that breaks down proteins in the small intestine)
Usage: technical; biochemistry
Examples
- The chymotryptic activity of the enzyme was measured in the laboratory.
- Chymotryptic digestion is essential for protein breakdown during digestion.
- Researchers studied the chymotryptic specificity of the protease.
- The chymotryptic cleavage of peptide bonds occurs at specific amino acid residues.