> Tyr > Trp > Leu
Reaction: Preferential cleavage: Phe > Tyr > Trp > Leu
Other names: mast cell protease I; skeletal muscle protease; skin chymotryptic proteinase; mast cell serine proteinase; skeletal muscle (SK) protease
Comments: In mast cell granules. In peptidase family S1 (trypsin family)
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 97501-92-3
References
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3. Johnson, L.A., Moon, K.E. and Eisenberg, M. Purification to homogeneity of the human skin chymotryptic proteinase "chymase". Anal. Biochem. 155 (1986) 358-364. [PMID: 2425663]