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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Metalloproteases

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Metalloproteases  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Metallopeptidase
  • Metallopeptidases
  • Metalloprotease
  • Metalloproteinase
  • Metalloproteinases

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics

Scope note

  • Proteases which use a metal, normally ZINC, in the catalytic mechanism. This group of enzymes is inactivated by metal CHELATORS.

History note

  • 2004; use METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES 1988-2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D045726

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