Tags: Enzyme.
Histolysain (EC 3.4.22.35 histolysin Entamoeba histolytica cysteine proteinase amebapain Entamoeba histolytica cysteine protease Entamoeba histolytica neutral thiol proteinase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Hydrolysis of proteins including basement membrane collagen and azocasein. Preferential cleavage: Arg-Arg- in small molecule substrates including Z-Arg-Arg-!NHMecThis enzyme is present in the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica.