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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Endopeptidases > Serine Endopeptidases > Pancreatic Elastase
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Serine Proteases > Serine Endopeptidases > Pancreatic Elastase

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Pancreatic Elastase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Elastase
  • Elastase I, Pancreatic
  • Pancreatic Elastase I
  • Pancreatopeptidase

Note

  • LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE is also available

Scope note

  • A protease of broad specificity, obtained from dried pancreas. Molecular weight is approximately 25,000. The enzyme breaks down elastin, the specific protein of elastic fibers, and digests other proteins such as fibrin, hemoglobin, and albumin. EC 3.4.21.36.

History note

  • 2000(1965)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010196

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