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A transglutaminase is an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of an isopeptide bond between a free amine group (e.g. protein- or peptide-bound lysine) and the acyl group at the end of the side chain of protein- or peptide-bound glutamine. The reaction also produces a molecule of ammonia. Such an enzyme is classified as EC 2.3.2.13.Bonds formed by transglutaminase exhibit high resistance to proteolytic degradation (proteolysis).Transglutaminases were first described in 1959.

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