V-cath endopeptidase

V-cath endopeptidase (EC 3.4.22.50, AcNPV protease, BmNPV protease, NPV protease, baculovirus cathepsin, nucleopolyhedrosis virus protease, viral cathepsin) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Endopeptidase of broad specificity, hydrolyzing substrates of both cathepsin L and cathepsin B
V-cath endopeptidase
Identifiers
EC number3.4.22.50
CAS number316365-69-2
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

This enzyme belongs to the peptidase family C1.

References

  1. Slack JM, Kuzio J, Faulkner P (May 1995). "Characterization of v-cath, a cathepsin L-like proteinase expressed by the baculovirus Autographa californica multiple nuclear polyhedrosis virus". The Journal of General Virology. 76 ( Pt 5) (5): 1091–8. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-76-5-1091. PMID 7730794.
  2. Hawtin RE, Zarkowska T, Arnold K, Thomas CJ, Gooday GW, King LA, Kuzio JA, Possee RD (November 1997). "Liquefaction of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus-infected insects is dependent on the integrity of virus-encoded chitinase and cathepsin genes". Virology. 238 (2): 243–53. doi:10.1006/viro.1997.8816. PMID 9400597.
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