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. 2020 Mar 25;10(4):551. doi: 10.3390/ani10040551

Table 1.

Enzyme and their specific bond cleavage preferences.

Enzymes Bond Cleave Reference
Pepsin N-terminal of aromatic amino acids phenylalanine, tryptophan and tyrosine [4,8]
Trypsin Lysyl or arginyl peptide bond to expose lysine or arginine [10]
Chymotrypsin Aromatic or large hydrophobic amino acid residues such as tyrosine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, leucyl, methionyl, asparaginyl, and glutamyl [4,8,60]
Elastase Glycine and alanine of elastin [4,8]
Carboxypeptidase A Peptide bond adjacent to the C-terminal end of a polypeptide chain, [4,8]
Carboxypeptidase B Basic amino acids from the C-terminal end of polypeptide chains [8]
Collagenase Alpha peptides and hydrogen bonds in the superhelix of tropocollagen and collagen [61]