3.4.23.21: Rhizopuspepsin
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Reaction
hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity similar to that of pepsin A, preferring hydrophobic residues at P1 and P1'. Clots milk and activates trypsinogen. Does not cleave Gln4-His, but does cleave His10-/-Leu and Val12-/-Glu in B chain of insulin =
Synonyms
Aspartate protease, aspartic peptidase, EC 3.4.23.6, EC 3.4.23.9, EC 3.4.4.17, EC 3.4.99.25, More, Neurase, Proteinase, Rhizopus acid, Rhizopus acid protease, Rhizopus acid proteinase, Rhizopus aspartic proteinase, rhizopuspepsinogen
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APPLICATION 
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY 
LITERATURE
food industry
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the peptidase may function as an important alternative enzyme in milk clotting during the preparation of cheese
medicine
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design of a selective and potent inhibitor is crucial since aspartic proteinases known to be involved in many diseases such as cancer and malaria
molecular biology
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rhizopuspepsin is a good model enzyme to investigate acid proteinases
