Thermomycolin Explained

Thermomycolin
Ec Number:3.4.21.65
Cas Number:52233-31-5

Thermomycolin (thermomycolase) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Rather nonspecific hydrolysis of proteins. Preferential cleavage: Ala-, Tyr-, Phe- in small molecule substrates

This peptidase is isolated from the thermophilic fungus Malbranchea pulchella.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gaucher GM, Stevenson KJ . Thermomycolin . Part B: Proteolytic Enzymes . Methods in Enzymology . 45 . 415–33 . 1976 . 1012007 . 10.1016/s0076-6879(76)45037-1 . 978-0-12-181945-3 .

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