Assemblin Explained

Assemblin
Ec Number:	3.4.21.97
Cas Number:	139691-88-6

Assemblin is an enzyme with systematic name.^{[1] [2]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleaves -Ala-Ser- and -Ala-Ala- bonds in the scaffold protein

This enzyme is coded by the herpes-virus virion.

Notes and References

1. Chen P, Tsuge H, Almassy RJ, Gribskov CL, Katoh S, Vanderpool DL, Margosiak SA, Pinko C, Matthews DA, Kan CC . Structure of the human cytomegalovirus protease catalytic domain reveals a novel serine protease fold and catalytic triad . Cell . 86 . 5 . 835–43 . September 1996 . 8797829 . 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80157-9 . free .
2. Book: Herpesvirus assemblin . Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes . Darke PL, Rawlings ND, Woessner JF . 1998 . 470–472 . Barrett AJ . Academic Press . London .