Ananain Explained

Ananain
Ec Number:3.4.22.31
Cas Number:119129-70-3

Ananain (stem bromelain, fruit bromelain) is an enzyme.[1] [2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity for peptide bonds. Best reported small molecule substrate Bz-Phe-Val-Arg-NHMec

This enzyme is isolated from stem of pineapple plant, Ananas comosus.

Notes and References

  1. Rowan AD, Buttle DJ, Barrett AJ . Ananain: a novel cysteine proteinase found in pineapple stem . Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics . 267 . 1 . 262–70 . November 1988 . 3196029 . 10.1016/0003-9861(88)90031-8 .
  2. Rowan AD, Buttle DJ, Barrett AJ . The cysteine proteinases of the pineapple plant . The Biochemical Journal . 266 . 3 . 869–75 . March 1990 . 2327970 . 1131219 .

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