$VAR1 = undef;
Summary for peptidase A01.021: plasmepsin (Plasmodium sp.)
| Names | |
|---|---|
| MEROPS Name | plasmepsin (Plasmodium sp.) |
| Domain architecture |
|---|
| MEROPS Classification | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Clan AA >> Subclan (none) >> Family A1 >> Subfamily A >> A01.021 |
| Holotype | plasmepsin (Plasmodium sp.) (Plasmodium vivax) (peptidase unit: 126-449), MERNUM MER0005370 |
| History | Identifier created: MEROPS 3.30 (20 July 1999) |
| Activity | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalytic type | Aspartic | ||
| NC-IUBMB | Not yet included in IUBMB recommendations. | ||
| Physiology | Contributes to haemoglobin degradation in the nutrition of Plasmodium infecting a mammalian host (Bernstein et al., 2003). | ||
| Other databases | WIKIPEDIA | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmepsin | |
