| Activity |
| Catalytic type | Serine |
| Peplist | Included in the Peplist with identifier PL00286 |
| NC-IUBMB | Subclass 3.4 (Peptidases) >> Sub-subclass 3.4.21 (Serine endopeptidases) >> Peptidase 3.4.21.9
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| Enzymology | BRENDA database |
| Proteolytic events | CutDB database (1 cleavage) |
| Activity status | human: active (Sadler, 2004) mouse: active (Yuan et al., 1998)
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| Biotechnology | Reagent for cleavage of recombinant fusion proteins. |
| Inhibitors | Not trapped by alpha-2-macroglobulin (Barrett 1981). |
| Physiology | Activates trypsinogen and other pancreatic proenzymes in intestine. |
| Knockout | Human enteropeptidase deficiency is a rare hereditary condition first described in 1969 (Mann & Mann, 1994). |
| Pharmaceutical relevance | Possible role in acute pancreatitis. |
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Other databases
| WIKIPEDIA | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enteropeptidase |
| Cleavage site specificity |
Explanations of how to interpret the
following cleavage site sequence logo and specificity matrix can be found here. |
| Cleavage pattern | ds/dg/Dey/RK -/glv/G/gs (based on 21 cleavages) |