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Thermopsin

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Thermopsin
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EC no.3.4.23.42
CAS no.126125-05-1
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Thermopsin (EC 3.4.23.42) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Similar in specificity to pepsin A preferring bulky hydrophobic amino acids in P1 and P1'

This enzyme is isolated from the thermophilic archeaon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.

References

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  1. ^ Lin X, Tang J (1995). Thermopsin. Methods in Enzymology. Vol. 248. pp. 156–68. doi:10.1016/0076-6879(95)48013-7. PMID 7674919.
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