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Thermopsin

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EC number
  
3.4.23.42

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IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
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CAS number
  
126125-05-1

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

Thermopsin (EC 3.4.23.42) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Similar in specificity to pepsin A preferring bulky hydrophobic amino acids in P1 and P1'

This enzyme is isolated from the thermophilic archeaon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.

References

Thermopsin Wikipedia