Plasmepsin II
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Plasmepsin II (EC 3.4.23.39, aspartic hemoglobinase II, PFAPD) is an enzyme.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- Hydrolysis of the bonds linking certain hydrophobic residues in hemoglobin or globin. Also cleaves the small molecule substrates such as Ala-Leu-Glu-Arg-Thr-Phe-Phe(NO2)-Ser-Phe-Pro-Thr
| Plasmepsin II | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 3.4.23.39 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 159447-18-4 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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This enzyme is present in malaria organism, Plasmodium.