Infectious pancreatic necrosis birnavirus Vp4 peptidase

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Infectious pancreatic necrosis birnavirus Vp4 peptidase (EC 3.4.21.115, infectious pancreatic necrosis virus protease, IPNV Vp4 protease, IPNV Vp4 peptidase, NS protease, NS-associated protease, Vp4 protease) is an enzyme.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleaves the (Ser/Thr)-Xaa-Ala-(Ser/Ala)-Gly motif in the polyprotein NH2-pVP2-VP4-VP3-COOH of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus at the pVP2-VP4 and VP4-VP3 junctions

Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus is a birnavirus that causes an acute, contagious disease in young salmonid fish.

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