, Lys, but with more restricted specificity than trypsin
Reaction: Preferential cleavage: Arg, Lys, but with more restricted specificity than trypsin
Other names: mast cell tryptase; mast cell protease II; skin tryptase; lung tryptase; pituitary tryptase; mast cell neutral proteinase; mast cell tryptase; mast cell neutral proteinase; mast cell serine proteinase II; mast cell proteinase II; mast cell serine proteinase tryptase; rat mast cell protease II; tryptase M
Comments: Occurs as a tetrameric molecule with high affinity for heparin, in mast cell granules. In peptidase family S1 (trypsin family). Not inhibited by α1-proteinase inhibitor or α2-macroglobulin
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 97501-93-4
References
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