Thermopsin

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EC number 3.4.23.42 IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view		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.

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