Rhizopuspepsin
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Rhizopuspepsin (EC 3.4.23.21, Rhizopus aspartic proteinase, neurase, Rhizopus acid protease, Rhizopus acid proteinase) is an enzyme.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- Hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity similar to that of pepsin A, preferring hydrophobic residues at P1 and P1'. Clots milk and activates trypsinogen.
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EC no. | 3.4.23.21 | ||||||||
CAS no. | 2620497 | ||||||||
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ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
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MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
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PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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From the zygomycete fungus Rhizopus chinensis. A similar endopeptidase is found in R. niveus [2]. In peptidase family A1 (pepsin A family).