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 bond In organic chemistry, a peptide bond is an amide type of covalent chemical bond linking two consecutive alpha-amino acids from C1 (carbon number one) of one alpha-amino acid and N2 (nitrogen number two) of another, along a peptide or protein cha ...

s, similar to those of

papain Papain, also known as papaya proteinase I, is a cysteine protease () enzyme present in papaya (''Carica papaya'') and mountain papaya (''Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis''). It is the namesake member of the papain-like protease family. It has wide ...

and

chymopapain Chymopapain (, ''chymopapain A'', ''chymopapain B'', ''chymopapain S'', brand name Chymodiactin) is a proteolytic enzyme isolated from the latex of papaya (''Carica papaya''). It is a cysteine protease which belongs to the papain-like protease (PL ...

This enzyme is isolated from the

papaya The papaya (, ), papaw, () or pawpaw () is the plant species ''Carica papaya'', one of the 21 accepted species in the genus ''Carica'' of the family Caricaceae. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within modern-day southern Mexico and ...

plant, '' Carica papaya''.

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