Asclepain (EC 3.4.22.7) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| Asclepain | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 3.4.22.7 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 37288-80-5 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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- Similar to that of papain
This enzyme is isolated from the latex of milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.
References edit
- ^ Brockbank WJ, Lynn KR (May 1979). "Purification and preliminary characterization of two asclepains from the latex of Asclepias syriaca L. (milkweed)". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 578 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1016/0005-2795(79)90107-7. PMID 36921.
External links edit
- Asclepain at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
