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Caricain

Caricain (, papaya peptidase A, papaya peptidase II, papaya proteinase, papaya proteinase III, papaya proteinase 3, proteinase omega, papaya proteinase A, chymopapain S, Pp) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity for peptide bonds, similar to those of papain and chymopapain

This enzyme is isolated from papaya plant, Carica papaya.