Metridin Explained

Metridin
Ec Number:	3.4.21.3
Cas Number:	37288-75-8

Metridin (Metridium proteinase A, sea anemone protease A, sea anemone proteinase A) is an enzyme.^{[1] [2]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Preferential cleavage: Tyr-, Phe-, Leu-; little action on Trp-

This digestive enzyme is isolated from the sea anemone Metridium senile.

Notes and References

1. Gibson D, Dixon GH . Chymotrypsin-like proteases from the sea anemone, Metridium senile . Nature . 222 . 5195 . 753–6 . May 1969 . 4389140 . 10.1038/222753a0 .
2. Stevenson KJ, Gibson D, Dixon GH . Amino acid analyses of chymotrypsin-like proteases from the sea anemone (Metridium senile) . Canadian Journal of Biochemistry . 52 . 2 . 93–100 . February 1974 . 4150616 . 10.1139/o74-015 .