Tags: Enzyme.
Brachyurin (EC 3.4.21.32 Uca pugilator collagenolytic proteinase crab protease I crab protease II) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity for peptide bonds. Native collagen is cleaved about 75% of the length of the molecule from the N-terminus. This enzyme is isolated from hepatopancreas of the fiddler crab Uca pugilator.