Metridin
Metridin (EC 3.4.21.3, Metridium proteinase A, sea anemone protease A, sea anemone proteinase A) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- Preferential cleavage: Tyr-, Phe-, Leu-; little action on Trp-
| Metridin | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC number | 3.4.21.3 | ||||||||
| CAS number | 37288-75-8 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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This digestive enzyme is isolated from the sea anemone Metridium senile.
References
- Gibson D, Dixon GH (May 1969). "Chymotrypsin-like proteases from the sea anemone, Metridium senile". Nature. 222 (5195): 753–6. doi:10.1038/222753a0. PMID 4389140.
- Stevenson KJ, Gibson D, Dixon GH (February 1974). "Amino acid analyses of chymotrypsin-like proteases from the sea anemone (Metridium senile)". Canadian Journal of Biochemistry. 52 (2): 93–100. doi:10.1139/o74-015. PMID 4150616.
External links
- Metridin at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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