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Papain is a single-chained polypeptide with three <scene name='Sandbox_33/Papain_protease/2'>disulfide bridges</scene> and a sulfhydryl group necessary for the activity of the enzyme. It is a sulfhydryl protease from the latex of the papaya fruit. Its molecules consist of one polypeptide chain with 212 amino acid residues. The chain is folded into <scene name='Sandbox_33/Secondary_structures/5'>two domains</scene> with the <scene name='Sandbox_33/Active_site/4'>active site</scene> in a groove between the domains.