UniProt functional annotation for Q7M3E1

UniProt code: Q7M3E1.

Organism: Bos taurus (Bovine).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Artiodactyla; Ruminantia; Pecora; Bovidae; Bovinae; Bos.
 
Function: Has chymotrypsin-type protease activity and hypocalcemic activity. {ECO:0000250}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Preferential cleavage: Leu-|-Xaa, Tyr-|-Xaa, Phe-|-Xaa, Met-|- Xaa, Trp-|-Xaa, Gln-|-Xaa, Asn-|-Xaa.; EC=3.4.21.2;
Subunit: Monomer. The zymogen is secreted as a ternary complex composed of procarboxypeptidase A, chymotrypsinogen C and proproteinase E.
Subcellular location: Secreted, extracellular space {ECO:0000250}.
Tissue specificity: Pancreas. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7556081, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9223647}.
Similarity: Belongs to the peptidase S1 family. Elastase subfamily. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00274}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.