ENTRY EC 3.4.22.25
NAME Glycyl endopeptidase
Papaya peptidase B
Papaya proteinase IV
CLASS Hydrolases
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases)
Cysteine endopeptidases
REACTION Preferential cleavage: Gly+, in proteins and small molecule
substrates.
SUBSTRATE Protein
Peptide
H2O
PRODUCT Protein
Peptide
COMMENT From the papaya plant, Carica papaya. Not inhibited by chicken
cystatin, unlike most other homologues of papain.
MOTIF PS: PS00139 Q-x(3)-[GE]-x-C-[YW]-x(2)-[STAGC]-[STAGCV]
PS: PS00639 [LIVMGSTAN]-x-H-[GSACE]-[LIVM]-x-[LIVMAT](2)-G-x-
[GSADNH]
PS: PS00640 [FYCH]-[WI]-[LIVT]-x-[KRQAG]-N-[ST]-W-x(3)-[FYW]-G-
x(2)-G-[LFYW]-[LIVMFYG]-x-[LIVMF]
STRUCTURES PDB: 1GEC
DBLINKS University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 3.4.22.25
WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 3.4.22.25
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