V-cath endopeptidase

V-cath endopeptidase
Identifiers
EC number 3.4.22.50
CAS number 316365-69-2
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

V-cath endopeptidase (EC 3.4.22.50, AcNPV protease, BmNPV protease, NPV protease, baculovirus cathepsin, nucleopolyhedrosis virus protease, viral cathepsin) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Endopeptidase of broad specificity, hydrolyzing substrates of both cathepsin L and cathepsin B

This enzyme belongs to the peptidase family C1.

References

  1. Slack, J.M.; Kuzio, J.; Faulkner, P. (1995). "Characterization of V-cath, a cathepsin L-like proteinase expressed by the baculovirus Autographa californica multiple nuclear polyhedrosis-virus". J. Gen. Virol. 76: 1091–1098. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-76-5-1091. PMID 7730794.
  2. Hawtin, R.E.; Zarkowska, T.; Arnold, K.; Thomas, C.J.; Gooday, G.W.; King, L.A.; Kuzio, J.A.; Possee, R.D. (1997). "Liquefaction of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus-infected insects is dependent on the integrity of virus-encoded chitinase and cathepsin genes". Virology. 238: 243–253. doi:10.1006/viro.1997.8816. PMID 9400597.
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