Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Rhizopuspepsin

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
EC number
  
3.4.23.21

IntEnz
  
IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
NiceZyme view

CAS number
  
2620497

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

Rhizopuspepsin (EC 3.4.23.21, Rhizopus aspartic proteinase, neurase, Rhizopus acid protease, Rhizopus acid proteinase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity similar to that of pepsin A, preferring hydrophobic residues at P1 and P1'. Clots milk and activates trypsinogen.

From the zygomycete fungus Rhizopus chinensis. A similar endopeptidase is found in R. niveus [2]. In peptidase family A1 (pepsin A family).

References

Rhizopuspepsin Wikipedia