1 : any of various composite plants (genus Chrysanthemum) including weeds, ornamentals grown for their brightly colored often double flower heads, and others important as sources of medicinals and insecticides. 2 : a flower head of an ornamental chrysanthemum.
Elastin is a highly elastic protein in connective tissue and allows many tissues in the body to resume their shape after stretching or contracting. Elastin helps skin to return to its original position when it is poked or pinched.
There are several specific types of elastase, such as elastase 1 and 2. These have very similar structures, but serve a different function. The two main types in humans are pancreatic and neutrophil elastase. Pancreatic elastase is elastase 1, and it is responsible for catalyzing the breaking down of elastin.Neutrophil elastase, or elastase 2, breaks down bacteria during inflammation.lastase. Introduction. Of the thousands of known proteins, elastase is not one of the best known. However, it plays an important role as an enzyme, and much research is still produced on elastase. Its structure and sequence is known, and its function as an enzyme has been studied.