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Papain, also known as papaya proteinase I, is a cysteine protease (EC 3.4.22.2) enzyme present in papaya (Carica papaya) and mountain papaya (Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis). It is the namesake member of the papain-like protease family.
Papain-like proteases share a common catalytic dyad active site featuring a cysteine amino acid residue that acts as a nucleophile. [1] The human genome encodes eleven cysteine cathepsins which have a broad range of physiological functions. [3] In some parasites papain-like proteases have roles in host invasion, such as cruzipain from ...
The enzyme papain can be used to cleave an immunoglobulin monomer into two Fab fragments and an Fc fragment. Conversely, the enzyme pepsin cleaves below the hinge region, so the result instead is a F(ab') 2 fragment and a pFc' fragment.
Recognition sequence: Sequence of DNA recognized by the enzyme and to which it specifically binds. Cut: Displays the cut site and pattern and products of the cut. The recognition sequence and the cut site usually match, but sometimes the cut site can be dozens of nucleotides away from the recognition site. [5] [6]
F(ab') 2 fragments are generated by pepsin digestion to remove most of the Fc fragment, this avoids recognition by Fc receptors on live cells, or to Protein A or Protein G. [3] Papain digestion generates Fab fragments, which removes the entire Fc fragment including the hinge region, yielding two monovalent Fab moieties. They can be used to ...
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The nidoviral papain-like protease (PLPro or PLP) is a papain-like protease protein domain encoded in the genomes of nidoviruses.It is expressed as part of a large polyprotein from the ORF1a gene and has cysteine protease enzymatic activity responsible for proteolytic cleavage of some of the N-terminal viral nonstructural proteins within the polyprotein.
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