| carboxypeptidase A | A hydrolase that releases C-terminal amino acids, with the exception of C-terminal arginyl, lysyl, and prolyl residues. A zinc-containing exopeptidase. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| carboxypeptidase B | A hydrolase that releases C-terminal lysyl or arginyl residues preferentially. A zinc-containing exopeptidase. Synonym: protaminase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carboxypeptidase C | See: serine carboxypeptidase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carboxypeptidase G | N-Pteroyl-l-glutamate hydrolase;an enzyme cleaving l-glutamyl residues from pteridine oligoglutamates; used in certain antitumour treatments. Synonym: carboxypeptidase G, conjugase, gamma-glutamate (glutamate gamma-) carboxypeptidase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carboxypeptidases | <enzyme> Registry number: EC 3.4. (12 Dec 1998) |
| carboxyphosphonoenolpyruvate phosphonomutase | <enzyme> Catalyses the rearrangement of the carboxyphosphono- group of carboxyphosphoenolpyruvate to form the c-p bond of phosphinopyruvate; an intermediate in the biosynthesis of the antibiotic bialaphos Registry number: EC 5.4.2.- Synonym: cpep phosphonomutase, carboxyphosphonoenolpyruvate mutase, cpep mutase, carboxyphosphonoenolpyruvate phosphomutase (26 Jun 1999) |
| carboxyphosphonoenolpyruvate synthase | <enzyme> Catalyses the transesterification between phosphoenolpyruvate and phosphonoformate in the bialaphos biosynthetic pathway; genbank d37878 Registry number: EC 4.2.1.- Synonym: cpep synthase (26 Jun 1999) |
| carboxysome | <cell biology> Inclusion body (polyhedral body, 90-500nm diameter) found in some Cyanobacteria and autotrophic bacteria, contains ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase: RUBISCO and is involved in carbon dioxide fixation. Origin: Gr. Soma = body (18 Nov 1997) |