inverzincin
English
Etymology
From inverted zinc + -in.
Noun
inverzincin (plural inverzincins)
- Any of a group of metalloproteases that contain an inverted zinc-binding site
- 2015 July 21, “The Mitochondrial Peptidase Pitrilysin Degrades Islet Amyloid Polypeptide in Beta-Cells”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- In this study, we found that pitrilysin, a zinc metallopeptidase of the inverzincin family, degrades monomeric, but not oligomeric, islet amyloid polypeptide in vitro.
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