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Carboxypeptidase Taq

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Carboxypeptidase Taq
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EC no.3.4.17.19
CAS no.9031-98-5
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Carboxypeptidase Taq (EC 3.4.17.19) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Release of a C-terminal amino acid with broad specificity, except for -Pro

This 56-kDa enzyme is isolated from Thermus aquaticus.

References

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  1. ^ Lee SH, Minagawa E, Taguchi H, Matsuzawa H, Ohta T, Kaminogawa S, Yamauchi K (November 1992). "Purification and characterization of a thermostable carboxypeptidase (carboxypeptidase Taq) from Thermus aquaticus YT-1". Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 56 (11): 1839–44. doi:10.1271/bbb.56.1839. PMID 1369078.
  2. ^ Lee SH, Taguchi H, Yoshimura E, Minagawa E, Kaminogawa S, Ohta T, Matsuzawa H (August 1994). "Carboxypeptidase Taq, a thermostable zinc enzyme, from Thermus aquaticus YT-1: molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of the encoding gene in Escherichia coli". Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 58 (8): 1490–5. doi:10.1271/bbb.58.1490. PMID 7765282.
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