Ananain
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Ananain (, stem bromelain, fruit bromelain) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity for peptide bonds. Best reported small molecule substrate Bz-Phe-Val-Arg-NHMec
This enzyme is isolated from stem of pineapple plant, Ananas comosus.
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