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Acrocylindropepsin (EC 3.4.23.28 Acrocylindrium proteinase Acrocylindrium acid proteinase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Preference for hydrophobic residues at P1 and P1′. Action on the B chain of insulin is generally similar to that of pepsin A but it also cleaves Leu6-Cys(SO3H) Glu21-Arg and Asn3-Gln although not Gln4-HisThis enzyme is present in fungus Acrocylindrium sp.

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