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3.4.22.7 |
| Accepted name: |
asclepain |
| Reaction: |
Similar to that of papain |
| Comments: |
From the latex of milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. It has multiple forms, and is in peptidase family C1 (papain family) |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, MEROPS, CAS registry number: 37288-80-5 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Brockbank, W.J. and Lynn, K.R. Purification and preliminary characterization of two asclepains from the latex of Asclepias syriaca L. (milkweed). Biochim. Biophys. Acta 578 (1979) 13–22. [DOI] [PMID: 36921] |
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| [EC 3.4.22.7 created 1972] |
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