Fruit bromelain

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EC number 3.4.22.33 IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view		CAS number 9001-00-7 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry

Fruit bromelain (EC 3.4.22.33, juice bromelain, ananase, Bromelase (a trademark), bromelin, extranase, pinase, pineapple enzyme, traumanase, fruit bromelain FA2) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity for peptide bonds. Bz-Phe-Val-Arg-NHMec is a good synthetic substrate

This enzyme is isolated from pineapple plant, Ananas comosus.

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