ENTRY EC 3.4.23.30
NAME Pycnoporopepsin
Proteinase Ia
CLASS Hydrolases
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases)
Aspartic endopeptidases
REACTION Preferential cleavage: hydrophobic, preferably aromatic, residues
in P1 and P1' positions. Cleaving only three bonds in
the B chain of insulin: Ala14+Leu, Tyr16+Leu, and Phe24+Phe.
SUBSTRATE Protein
Peptide
H2O
PRODUCT Protein
Peptide
COMMENT From the basidiomycete Pycnoporus sanguineus, formerly known as
P. coccineus and Trametes sanguinea. Formerly included in
EC 3.4.23.6.
DBLINKS University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 3.4.23.30
WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 3.4.23.30
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