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3.4.23.4: chymosin

This is an abbreviated version!
For detailed information about chymosin, go to the full flat file.

Word Map on EC 3.4.23.4

Reaction

Broad specificity similar to that of pepsin A. Clots milk by cleavage of a single Ser-Phe105-/-Met-Ala bond in kappa-chain of casein =

Synonyms

CHY-MAX, CHY-MAX 200, chymase, chymosin, chymosin A, chymosin B, CYM, EC 3.4.4.3, More, Preprorennin, prochymosin, rCH, rennin

ECTree

     3 Hydrolases
         3.4 Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases)
             3.4.23 Aspartic endopeptidases
                3.4.23.4 chymosin

Activating Compound

Activating Compound on EC 3.4.23.4 - chymosin

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ACTIVATING COMPOUND
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
IMAGE
His-Pro-His-Pro-His-NH2
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stimulation, part of kappa-casein
kappa-casein
a HPHPH sequence in the P8-P4 residues of the natural substrate kappa-casein acts as the allosteric activator of the enzyme
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additional information
when subjected to a low pH, recombinant prochymosin is converted into mature and active chymosin
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