Tags: Enzyme.
Plasmepsin II (EC 3.4.23.39 aspartic hemoglobinase II PFAPD) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Hydrolysis of the bonds linking certain hydrophobic residues in hemoglobin or globin. Also cleaves the small molecule substrates such as Ala-Leu-Glu-Arg-Thr-Phe-Phe(NO2)-Ser-Phe-Pro-ThrThis enzyme is present in malaria organism Plasmodium.