Thermopsin Explained

Thermopsin
Ec Number:3.4.23.42
Cas Number:126125-05-1

Thermopsin is an enzyme.[1] 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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lin X, Tang J . Thermopsin . Methods in Enzymology . 248 . 156–68 . 1995 . 7674919 . 10.1016/0076-6879(95)48013-7 .

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