Beta-aspartyl-peptidase

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Beta-aspartyl-peptidase
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CAS no. 37288-74-7
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Beta-aspartyl-peptidase (EC 3.4.19.5, beta-aspartyl dipeptidase, beta-aspartyl peptidase, beta-aspartyldipeptidase) is an enzyme. [1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleavage of a beta-linked Asp residue from the N-terminus of a polypeptide

Other isopeptide bonds, e.g. gamma-glutamyl and beta-alanyl, are not hydrolysed.

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References

  1. Haley EE (1970). "β-Aspartyl peptidase from rat liver". Methods Enzymol. 19: 737–741. doi:10.1016/0076-6879(70)19061-6.