| Entry |
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| Name |
pancreatic elastase II;
pancreatic elastase 2
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| Class |
Hydrolases;
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases);
Serine endopeptidases
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| Reaction(IUBMB) |
Preferential cleavage: Leu!, Met! and Phe!. Hydrolyses elastin
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| Comment |
A peptidase of family S1 (trypsin family) formed by activation of proelastase II from mammalian pancreas by trypsin. Usually, only one of the pancreatic elastases (see also EC 3.4.21.36) is expressed in a given species; human pancreatic elastase is of type II
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| Orthology |
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| Genes |
HSA: | | PTR: | | PPS: | | GGO: | | PON: | | MCC: | | MMU: | | RNO: | | BTA: | | SSC: | | ECB: | | MDO: | | SHR: | | OAA: | | GGA: | | MGP: | | TGU: | | XLA: | | XTR: | | DRE: | | TRU: | | OLA: | | VFI: | | » show all
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Fletcher TS, Shen WF, Largman C. |
| Title |
Primary structure of human pancreatic elastase 2 determined by sequence analysis of the cloned mRNA. |
| Journal |
Biochemistry. 26 (1987) 7256-61. |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Shirasu Y, Yoshida H, Matsuki S, Takemura K, Ikeda N, Shimada Y, Ozawa T, Mikayama T, Iijima H, Ishida A, et al. |
| Title |
Molecular cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a cDNA encoding human pancreatic elastase 2. |
| Journal |
J. Biochem. (Tokyo). 102 (1987) 1555-63. |
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| Other DBs |
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: CAS: 75603-19-9 |