moulting fluid protease 1

Preferred Label : moulting fluid protease 1;

MeSH note : a cuticle-degrading proteinase from the moulting fluid of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta; MW 41 kDa; preferred substrate is Tos-Gly-Pro-Arg-pNA; may act as the first step in the degradation of the cuticle during the moulting process; substrate specificity and inhibition typical of serine proteases, but also inhibited by thiol protease inhibitors;

MeSH synonym : MFP-1;

Registry Number MeSH : EC 3.4.99.-;

Is substance : O;

Details

Origin ID

C082691;

UMLS CUI

C0527778;

MeSH term(s) associated for indexing
- endopeptidases [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- moulting fluid protease 1 [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein [UMLS semantic type]
- Enzyme [UMLS semantic type]

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