Thermopsin

Thermopsin (EC 3.4.23.42) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Similar in specificity to pepsin A preferring bulky hydrophobic amino acids in P1 and P1'
Thermopsin
Identifiers
EC number3.4.23.42
CAS number126125-05-1
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

This enzyme is isolated from the thermophilic archeaon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.

References

  1. Lin X, Tang J (1995). "Thermopsin". Methods in Enzymology. 248: 156–68. doi:10.1016/0076-6879(95)48013-7. PMID 7674919.
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