Biology:Plasmepsin II

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Plasmepsin II
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Identifiers
EC number3.4.23.39
CAS number159447-18-4
Databases
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BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
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PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Plasmepsin II (EC 3.4.23.39, aspartic hemoglobinase II, PFAPD) is an enzyme.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of the bonds linking certain hydrophobic residues in hemoglobin or globin. Also cleaves the small molecule substrates such as Ala-Leu-Glu-Arg-Thr-Phe-Phe(NO2)-Ser-Phe-Pro-Thr

This enzyme is present in malaria organism, Plasmodium.

References

  1. "Sequence, expression and modeled structure of an aspartic proteinase from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum". Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 64 (2): 177–90. April 1994. doi:10.1016/0166-6851(94)90024-8. PMID 7935597. 
  2. "Order and specificity of the Plasmodium falciparum hemoglobin degradation pathway". The Journal of Clinical Investigation 93 (4): 1602–8. April 1994. doi:10.1172/JCI117140. PMID 8163662. 
  3. "High level expression and characterisation of Plasmepsin II, an aspartic proteinase from Plasmodium falciparum". FEBS Letters 352 (2): 155–8. September 1994. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(94)00940-6. PMID 7925966. 

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