Does Protease Digest Enzymes Since They Are Made of Protein?

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Proteases are enzymes that hydrolyze peptide bonds in proteins, facilitating their breakdown. Although proteases digest proteins, they do not typically digest other enzymes because of their specificity; each enzyme interacts with specific substrates. This specificity is often likened to a key fitting into a lock, where only the correct substrate can bind to the enzyme. The theory of enzyme-substrate interaction explains why proteases do not target themselves or other enzymes. Understanding this specificity is crucial in biochemistry and enzymology.
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what is function of protease? IF it digests protein, then will it digest enzyme as enzymes are made of protein?
 
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Proteases (ex: pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin) are a group of enzymes that break down (hydrolyze) peptide bonds of proteins.

As for why they don't digest each other, they probably don't have an affinity for each other.
 
Enzymes are highly specific in nature. There is a theory that states that the substrate interlocks into the enzyme just as a key fits into a lock to produce a transition state finaly forming the products. A specific enzyme interlocks with only specific subtrate to give a transition state.
 

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