Tags: Enzyme.

Dactylysin (EC 3.4.24.60 peptide hormone inactivating endopeptidase PHIE) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Hydrolysis of peptides of at least six residues with bulky hydrophobic residues in the P1′ position. Shows a preference for hydrophobic doublets such as -Phe-Phe- and -Phe-Leu- in somatostatin-(1-14)-peptide and dynorphin A-(1-6)-peptide respectivelyThis endopeptidase in the skin of the amphibian Xenopus laevis.

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