Hydrolases;
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases);
Cysteine endopeptidases
Reaction(IUBMB)
Hydrolysis of proteins, including basement membrane collagen and azocasein. Preferential cleavage: Arg-Arg! in small molecule substrates including Z-Arg-Arg!NHMec
Comment
From the protozoan, Entamoeba histolytica. In peptidase family C1 (papain family)