Deuterolysin

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Deuterolysin (EC 3.4.24.39, Penicillium roqueforti protease II, microbial neutral proteinase II, acid metalloproteinase, neutral proteinase II, Penicillium roqueforti metalloproteinase) is an enzyme.[1][2][3][4][5] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Preferential cleavage of bonds with hydrophobic residues in P1'; also Asn3-Gln and Gly8-Ser bonds in insulin B chain

This enzyme is present in Penicillium roqueforti, P. caseicolum, Pyricularia oryzae, Aspergillus sojae and A. oryzae.

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