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Literature summary for 3.4.22.6 extracted from

  • Ebata, M.; Yasunobu, K.T.
    Chymopapain. I. Isolation, crystallization, and preliminary characterization (1962), J. Biol. Chem., 237, 1086-1094.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
2,3-Dimercaptopropanol accelerates casein digestion Carica papaya
Cys accelerates casein digestion Carica papaya
glutathione accelerates casein digestion Carica papaya
NaN3 accelerates casein digestion Carica papaya

Crystallization (Commentary)

Crystallization (Comment) Organism
-
Carica papaya

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Carica papaya
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
-
Carica papaya

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
additional information
-
-
Carica papaya

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
0°C, pH 2.0, stable Carica papaya

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
benzoyl-Gly amide + H2O weak activity Carica papaya benzoyl-Gly + NH3
-
?
carbobenzoxy-L-Glu-L-Tyr + H2O weak activity Carica papaya Carbobenzoxy-Glu + Tyr
-
?
casein + H2O
-
Carica papaya ?
-
?
L-Leu amide + H2O weak activity Carica papaya Leu + NH3
-
?
L-Leu-L-Tyr + H2O weak activity Carica papaya Leu + Tyr
-
?
N-acetyl-L-Phe-L-Tyr + H2O weak activity Carica papaya ?
-
?
N-benzoyl-L-Arg ethyl ester + H2O
-
Carica papaya N-benzoyl-Arg + ethanol
-
?

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
75
-
half-life at pH 2.1: 2 min, half-life at pH 7.2: 75 min Carica papaya

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7.2
-
casein or hemoglobin digestion Carica papaya

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
6 9.8 about 65% of maximal activity at pH 6.0 and at pH 9.8 Carica papaya