Term Details for "metallopeptidase activity" (GO:0008237) (original) (raw)

Accession

GO:0008237

Name

metallopeptidase activity

Ontology

molecular_function

Synonyms

metalloprotease activity, metalloproteinase activity

Alternate IDs

None

Definition

Catalysis of the hydrolysis of peptide bonds by a mechanism in which water acts as a nucleophile, one or two metal ions hold the water molecule in place, and charged amino acid side chains are ligands for the metal ions.Source: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/merops/about/glossary.shtml#CATTYPE,GOC:mah

Comment

None

History

See term history for GO:0008237 at QuickGO

Chem. react.

None

Subset

None

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