Cyanophycinase

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EC number 3.4.15.6 IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view		CAS number 131554-16-0 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry

Cyanophycinase (EC 3.4.15.6, cyanophycin degrading enzyme, beta-Asp-Arg hydrolysing enzyme, CGPase, CphB, CphE, cyanophycin granule polypeptidase, extracellular CGPase) is an enzyme. It catalyses the following chemical reaction

[L-Asp(4-L-Arg)]_n + H₂O ⇌ [L-Asp(4-L-Arg)]_n-1 + L-Asp(4-L-Arg)

The enzyme is highly specific for the branched polypeptide cyanophycin.

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