Carboxypeptidase Taq

Carboxypeptidase Taq
Identifiers
EC number 3.4.17.19
CAS number 9031-98-5
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Carboxypeptidase Taq (EC 3.4.17.19) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Release of a C-terminal amino acid with broad specificity, except for -Pro

This 56-kDa enzyme is isolated from Thermus aquaticus.

References

  1. Lee, S.-H.; Minagawa, E.; Taguchi, H.; Matsuzawa, H.; Ohta, T.; Kaminogawa, S.; Yamauchi, K. (1992). "Purification and characterization of a thermostable carboxypeptidase (carboxypeptidase Taq) from Thermus aquaticus YT-1". Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 56: 1839–1844. doi:10.1271/bbb.56.1839. PMID 1369078.
  2. Lee, S.-H.; Taguchi, H.; Yoshimura, E.; Minagawa, E.; Kaminogawa, S.; Ohta, T.; Matsuzawa, H. (1994). "Carboxypeptidase Taq, a thermostable zinc enzyme, from Thermus aquaticus YT-1: molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of the encoding gene in Escherichia coli". Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 58: 1490–1495. doi:10.1271/bbb.58.1490. PMID 7765282.

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