Metridin

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Metridin
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EC no. 3.4.21.3
CAS no. 37288-75-8
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Metridin (EC 3.4.21.3, Metridium proteinase A, sea anemone protease A, sea anemone proteinase A) is an enzyme. [1] [2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Preferential cleavage: Tyr-, Phe-, Leu-; little action on Trp-

This digestive enzyme is isolated from the sea anemone Metridium senile .

References

  1. Gibson D, Dixon GH (May 1969). "Chymotrypsin-like proteases from the sea anemone, Metridium senile". Nature. 222 (5195): 753–6. Bibcode:1969Natur.222..753G. doi:10.1038/222753a0. PMID   4389140.
  2. Stevenson KJ, Gibson D, Dixon GH (February 1974). "Amino acid analyses of chymotrypsin-like proteases from the sea anemone (Metridium senile)". Canadian Journal of Biochemistry. 52 (2): 93–100. doi:10.1139/o74-015. PMID   4150616.