EC number 3.4.17.20 IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view | CAS number 156621-18-0 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry | |
Carboxypeptidase U (EC 3.4.17.20, arginine carboxypeptidase, carboxypeptidase R, plasma carboxypeptidase B, thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
Release of C-terminal Arg and Lys from a polypeptidePro-carboxypeptidase U in (human) plasma is activated by thrombin or plasmin during clotting to form the unstable carboxypeptidase U.
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