bonds) as well as an endopeptidase
Reaction: Hydrolysis of proteins, acting as an aminopeptidase (notably, cleaving Arg bonds) as well as an endopeptidase
Other names: cathepsin B3; benzoylarginine-naphthylamide (BANA) hydrolase (obsolete); cathepsin Ba; aleurain; N-benzoylarginine-β-naphthylamide hydrolase
Comments: Present in lysosomes of mammalian cells. In peptidase family C1 (papain family)
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 60748-73-4
References:
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3. Fuchs, R., Machleidt, W. and Gassen, H.G. Molecular cloning and sequencing of a cDNA coding for mature human kidney cathepsin H. Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler 369 (1988) 469-475. [PMID: 2849458]