Term Information

Accession

GO:0004213

Ontology

molecular function

Synonyms

related: cathepsin II

exact: cathepsin B1 activity

Definition

OBSOLETE. Catalysis of the hydrolysis of peptide bonds with a broad specificity. Preferentially cleaves the terminal bond of -Arg-Arg-Xaa motifs in small molecule substrates (thus differing from cathepsin L). In addition to being an endopeptidase, shows peptidyl-dipeptidase activity, liberating C-terminal dipeptides. [source: EC:3.4.22.1]

Comment

This term was made obsolete because it represents a gene product.

Replaced by GO:0004197 : cysteine-type endopeptidase activity

Subset

None

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