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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Endopeptidases > Serine Endopeptidases > Endopeptidase K
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Serine Proteases > Serine Endopeptidases > Endopeptidase K

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Endopeptidase K  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Alkaline Proteinase, Tritirachium
  • Protease K
  • Proteinase K
  • Proteinase, Tritirachium Alkaline
  • Tritirachium Alkaline Proteinase

Scope note

  • An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of keratin, and of other proteins with subtilisin-like specificity. It hydrolyses peptide amides. Endopeptidase K is from the mold Tritirachium album Limber. (Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 3.4.21.64.

History note

  • 97; was ENDOPEPTIDASE K (NM) 1979-96

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019286

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