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Information on EC 3.4.23.4 - chymosin

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IUBMB Comments

Neonatal gastric enzyme with high milk clotting and weak general proteolytic activity, formed from prochymosin. Found among mammals with postnatal uptake of immunoglobulins. In peptidase family A1(pepsin A family)

The enzyme appears in viruses and cellular organisms
Reaction Schemes
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
chymosin, prochymosin, rennin, chymosin a, chymosin b, more

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LITERATURE
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
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