Tags: Enzyme.
Pitrilysin (EC 3.4.24.55 Escherichia coli protease III protease Pi proteinase Pi PTR Escherichia coli metalloproteinase Pi) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Preferential cleavage of -Tyr16- Leu- and -Phe25- Tyr-bonds of oxidized insulin B chain. Also acts on other substrates of less than 7 kDa such as glucagonThis enyzme is present in bacteria Escherichia coli.