Proteases are a class of enzymes that break down proteins. Which statement about proteases is correct?
- AA bacterial protease that is secreted from a disease-causing bacterium could act as an antigen and cause the production of an antibody.
- BBacterial proteases are important in the nitrogen cycle as they are able to catalyse the breakdown of the organic nitrogen molecules nucleotides and urea.
- CNon-competitive inhibition of a protease that has an optimum pH of $\text{pH }2$ can be overcome by increasing the substrate concentration and increasing the pH.
- DWater molecules are required when peptide bonds that link the monomers together are broken by the action of proteases in condensation reactions.