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EC 3.4.24.12 Details
EC number
3.4.24.12
Accepted name
envelysin
Reaction
Hydrolysis of proteins of the fertilization envelope and dimethylcasein
Other name(s)
sea-urchin-hatching proteinase,
hatching enzyme,
chorionase,
chorion-digesting proteinase,
chymostrypsin,
sea urchin embryo hatching enzyme
CAS registry number
50812-13-0
Comment
A glycoprotein from various members of the class Echinoidea. Extracellular enzyme requiring Ca2+. In peptidase family M10 (interstitial collagenase family)
History
created 1978
EC Tree
3.4.24.2 created 1972, deleted 1992
3.4.24.4 created 1972 [EC 3.4.99.13 and EC 3.4.99.22 both created 1972, incorporated 1978], deleted 1992
3.4.24.5 created 1978, deleted 1989
3.4.24.8 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.24.9 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.24.10 created 1972 as EC 3.4.99.12, transferred 1978 to EC 3.4.24.10, deleted 1992