Asclepain

Asclepain
Identifiers
EC no.3.4.22.7
CAS no.37288-80-5
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Asclepain (EC 3.4.22.7) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Similar to that of papain

This enzyme is isolated from the latex of milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.

References

  1. ^ Brockbank WJ, Lynn KR (May 1979). "Purification and preliminary characterization of two asclepains from the latex of Asclepias syriaca L. (milkweed)". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 578 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1016/0005-2795(79)90107-7. PMID 36921.

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