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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Protein-Arginine Deiminases

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Protein-Arginine Deiminases  

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Entry terms

  • Deiminase, Peptidylarginine
  • Deiminase, Protein-Arginine
  • Deiminases, Peptidylarginine
  • Iminohydrolase, Protein-L-Arginine
  • Iminohydrolases, Protein-L-Arginine
  • Peptidylarginine Deiminase
  • Peptidylarginine Deiminases
  • Protein Arginine Deiminase
  • Protein-Arginine Deiminase
  • Protein L Arginine Iminohydrolase
  • Protein-L-Arginine Iminohydrolase
  • Protein L Arginine Iminohydrolases
  • Protein-L-Arginine Iminohydrolases

Scope note

  • A family of ENZYMES that, in the presence of calcium ion, converts ARGININE to CITRULLINE in proteins. There are five PAD isotypes in mammals. In humans: they include PAD1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. They are encoded by five paralogous genes named PADI and clustered on human chromosome 1.

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  • 2018 (1987)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000076342

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