Hydrolases that specifically cleave the peptide bonds found in PROTEINS and PEPTIDES. Examples of sub-subclasses for this group include EXOPEPTIDASES and ENDOPEPTIDASES. (mesh:D010447)
| Synonym | Reference | Specificity |
| proteinases | Exact | |
| Proteinase | Exact | |
| Proteinases | Exact | |
| protease | Exact | |
| proteinase | Exact | |
| proteases | Exact | |
| Protease | Exact | |
| Proteases | Exact |