| Official Name |
| Furin.
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| Alternative Name(s) |
| Dibasic processing enzyme. |
| Paired basic amino acid residue cleaving enzyme. |
| Prohormone convertase. |
| Reaction catalysed |
| Release of mature proteins from their proproteins by cleavage of -Arg-Xaa-Yaa-Arg-|-Zaa- bonds, where Xaa can be any amino acid and Yaa is Arg or Lys. Releases albumin, complement component C3 and von Willebrand factor from their respective precursors |
| Comment(s) |
- Activated by calcium.
- Belongs to peptidase family S8.
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| Cross-references |
| PROSITE | PDOC00125 |
| BRENDA | 3.4.21.75 |
| PUMA2 | 3.4.21.75 |
| PRIAM enzyme-specific profiles | 3.4.21.75 |
| KEGG Ligand Database for Enzyme Nomenclature | 3.4.21.75 |
| IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature | 3.4.21.75 |
| IntEnz | 3.4.21.75 |
| MEDLINE | Find literature relating to 3.4.21.75 |
| MetaCyc | 3.4.21.75 |
| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot |
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