IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.4.22.24

Accepted name: cathepsin T

Reaction: Interconversion of the three forms of tyrosine aminotransferase, EC 2.6.1.5

Comments: Degrades azocasein and denatured hemoglobin; the only native protein on which it has been shown to act is tyrosine aminotransferase

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 77464-86-9

References:

1. Gohda, E. and Pitot, H.C. Purification and characterization of a new thiol proteinase from rat kidney. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 659 (1981) 114-122. [PMID: 7248311]

2. Gohda, E. and Pitot, H.C. A new thiol proteinase from rat liver. J. Biol. Chem. 256 (1981) 2567-2572. [PMID: 6780567]

3. Pitot, H.C. and Gohda, E. Cathepsin T. Methods Enzymol. 142 (1987) 279-289. [PMID: 2885716]

[EC 3.4.22.24 created 1990]


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