pentapeptidase

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noun

Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide

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Meanings

nounpentapeptidase (plural pentapeptidases)

plural pentapeptidases

  1. biochemistryAny enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide

    VanY, a d -Ala- d -Ala-specific pentapeptidase, evolved into VanXY through acquisition of the “bisubstrate loop,” which added hydrolysis of d -Ala- d -Ala to that of a d -Ala- d -Ala-containing pentapeptide.

    2015 August 11, Djalal Meziane-Cherif et al., “Structural and Functional Adaptation of Vancomycin Resistance VanT Serine Racemases”, in mBio, volume 6, →DOI

Origin

From pentapeptide + -ase.

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