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3.4.23.4: chymosin

This is an abbreviated version!
For detailed information about chymosin, go to the full flat file.

Word Map on EC 3.4.23.4

Reaction

Broad specificity similar to that of pepsin A. Clots milk by cleavage of a single Ser-Phe105-/-Met-Ala bond in kappa-chain of casein =

Synonyms

CHY-MAX, CHY-MAX 200, chymase, chymosin, chymosin A, chymosin B, CYM, EC 3.4.4.3, More, Preprorennin, prochymosin, rCH, rennin

ECTree

     3 Hydrolases
         3.4 Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases)
             3.4.23 Aspartic endopeptidases
                3.4.23.4 chymosin

Temperature Optimum

Temperature Optimum on EC 3.4.23.4 - chymosin

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TEMPERATURE OPTIMUM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
30 - 50
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35 - 40
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-
45
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at pH 6.6
45 - 55
optimum for milk clotting activity
47
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for proteolysis of the undecapeptide analogue to chymosin sensitive region of camel kappa casein
50
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55
proteolytic activity
56
-
for proteolysis of the undecapeptide analogue to chymosin sensitive region of camel kappa casein
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