Pancreatic elastase II

Pancreatic elastase II (EC 3.4.21.71, pancreatic elastase 2) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Preferential cleavage: Leu-, Met- and Phe-. Hydrolyses elastin
Pancreatic elastase II
Identifiers
EC number3.4.21.71
CAS number75603-19-9
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

This peptidase from trypsin family is formed by activation of proelastase II from mammalian pancreas by trypsin.

References

  1. Fletcher TS, Shen WF, Largman C (November 1987). "Primary structure of human pancreatic elastase 2 determined by sequence analysis of the cloned mRNA". Biochemistry. 26 (23): 7256–61. doi:10.1021/bi00397a010. PMID 3427074.
  2. Shirasu Y, Yoshida H, Matsuki S, Takemura K, Ikeda N, Shimada Y, Ozawa T, Mikayama T, Iijima H, Ishida A (December 1987). "Molecular cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a cDNA encoding human pancreatic elastase 2". Journal of Biochemistry. 102 (6): 1555–63. PMID 2834346.
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