| carica | The fruit of the papaw (pawpaw), Carica papaya (family Caricaceae), a tree of tropical America; it possesses a proteolytic action and is the source of papain. Synonym: carica. Origin: Sp. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Carica candamarencis glycosylated cysteine proteinase | <enzyme> A glycoprotein from mountain papaya with the carbohydrate moiety bound to asparagine at position 44; has high degree of identity with chymopapain; amino acid sequence has been determined Registry number: EC 3.4.22.- Synonym: cc-iii cysteine proteinase (26 Jun 1999) |
| caricatures | Works portraying in a critical or facetious way a real individual or group, or a figure representing a social, political, ethnic, or racial type. The effect is usually achieved through distortion or exaggeration of characteristics. (12 Dec 1998) |