Metridin

Metridin
Identifiers
EC number 3.4.21.3
CAS number 37288-75-8
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Metridin (EC 3.4.21.3, Metridium proteinase A, sea anemone protease A, sea anemone proteinase A) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Preferential cleavage: Tyr-, Phe-, Leu-; little action on Trp-

This digestive enzyme is isolated from the sea anemone Metridium senile.

References

  1. Gibson, D. and Dixon, G.H. (1969). "Chymotrypsin-like proteases from the sea anemone, Metridium senile". Nature 222: 753–756. doi:10.1038/222753a0. PMID 4389140.
  2. Stevenson, K.J., Gibson, D. and Dixon, G.H. (1974). "Amino acid analyses of chymotrysin-like proteases from the sea anemone (Metridium senile)". Can. J. Biochem. 52: 93–100. doi:10.1139/o74-015. PMID 4150616.

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