| Official Name |
| Kexin.
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| Alternative Name(s) |
| Paired-basic endopeptidase. |
| Prohormone-processing endoprotease. |
| Proteinase yscF. |
| Yeast KEX2 protease. |
| Reaction catalysed |
| Cleavage of -Lys-Arg-|-Xaa- and -Arg-Arg-|-Xaa- bonds to process yeast alpha-factor pheromone and killer toxin precursors |
| Comment(s) |
- Calcium activated.
- Inhibited by p-mercuribenzoate.
- Belongs to peptidase family S8.
- Formerly EC 3.4.22.23.
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| Cross-references |
| PROSITE | PDOC00125 |
| BRENDA | 3.4.21.61 |
| PUMA2 | 3.4.21.61 |
| PRIAM enzyme-specific profiles | 3.4.21.61 |
| KEGG Ligand Database for Enzyme Nomenclature | 3.4.21.61 |
| IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature | 3.4.21.61 |
| IntEnz | 3.4.21.61 |
| MEDLINE | Find literature relating to 3.4.21.61 |
| MetaCyc | 3.4.21.61 |
| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot |
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