Aspartyl protease

Keyword - Aspartyl protease (KW-0064)

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Proteolytic enzyme with an aspartate residue (Asp) in its active site. There are many families of aspartyl proteases. The most well known one is the pepsin family (A1 in MEROPS classification) which is known to exist in vertebrates, fungi, plants, retroviruses and some plant viruses.

Synonyms

Acid protease
Aspartate protease
Aspartic protease
Aspartic proteinase
Aspartic-type endopeptidase
Aspartyl proteinase

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› aspartic-type endopeptidase activity [ GO:0004190 ]

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