pentapeptidase
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pentapeptide + -ase.
Noun
[edit]pentapeptidase (plural pentapeptidases)
- (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide
- 2015 August 11, Djalal Meziane-Cherif et al., “Structural and Functional Adaptation of Vancomycin Resistance VanT Serine Racemases”, in mBio[1], volume 6, :
- 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.