Saccharolysin Explained

Saccharolysin
Ec Number:3.4.24.37
Cas Number:96779-48-5

Saccharolysin (proteinase yscD, yeast cysteine proteinase D, Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteinase yscD) is an enzyme.[1] [2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleavage of Pro-Phe and Ala-Ala bonds

This cytoplasmic metalloendopeptidase is present in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Notes and References

  1. Achstetter T, Ehmann C, Wolf DH . Proteinase yscD. Purification and characterization of a new yeast peptidase . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 260 . 8 . 4585–90 . April 1985 . 3886641 .
  2. García-Alvarez N, Teichert U, Wolf DH . Proteinase yscD mutants of yeast. Isolation and characterization . European Journal of Biochemistry . 163 . 2 . 339–46 . March 1987 . 3545833 . 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1987.tb10805.x .

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