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EC 3.4.22.1 cathepsin B

IUBMB ExplorEnz BRENDA KEGG ExPASy ERGO

Equation(s) (IUBMB)

Hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity for peptide bonds. Preferentially cleaves -Arg-Arg-|- bonds in small molecule substrates (thus differing from cathepsin L). In addition to being an endopeptidase, shows peptidyl-dipeptidase activity, liberating C-terminal dipeptides


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Developed by Masaaki Kotera, Department of Biochemistry, Trinity College Dublin.
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