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Papain

Function

Cysteine proteinase with a high level of diversity in substrate specificity, an amino acid bearing a large hydrophobic side chain at the P2 position is preferred.

Sequence Similarities

Belongs to the peptidase C1 family.

Alternative names

Papain, Papaya proteinase I, PPI

swissprot:P00784