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Preflagellin peptidase

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EC number
  
3.4.23.52

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

IntEnz
  
IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
NiceZyme view

MetaCyc
  
metabolic pathway

Preflagellin peptidase (EC 3.4.23.52, FlaK) is an enzyme with systematic name '. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleaves the signal peptide of 3 to 12 amino acids from the N-terminal of preflagellin, usually at Arg-Gly- or Lys-Gly-, to release flagellin.

This aspartic peptidase is present in Archaea.

References

Preflagellin peptidase Wikipedia