Thermopsin

Thermopsin
Identifiers
EC number 3.4.23.42
CAS number 126125-05-1
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

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'

This enzyme is isolated from the thermophilic archeaon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.

References

  1. Lin, X.; Tang, J. (1995). "Thermopsin". Methods Enzymol. 248: 156–168. doi:10.1016/0076-6879(95)48013-7. PMID 7674919.
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