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EC 3.4.24.56 Details
EC number
3.4.24.56
Accepted name
insulysin
Reaction
Degradation of insulin, glucagon and other polypeptides. No action on proteins
Other name(s)
insulinase, insulin-degrading enzyme, insulin protease, insulin proteinase, insulin-degrading neutral proteinase, insulin-specific protease, insulin-glucagon protease, metalloinsulinase, IDE
CAS registry number
9013-83-6
Comment
A 110 kDa cytosolic enzyme, known from mammals and the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Inhibited by bacitracin, chelating agents EDTA and 1,10-phenanthroline, and by thiol-blocking reagents such as N-ethylmaleimide, but not by phosphoramidon. In peptidase family M16 (pitrilysin family).
History
created 1972 as EC 3.4.99.10, transferred 1976 EC 3.4.22.11, transferred 1978 to EC 3.4.99.45, transferred 1993 to to EC 3.4.24.56 (EC 3.4.99.46 created 1992, incorporated 2000)
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