What Is an Exopeptidase?

Exopeptidases , also known as peptidases , or peptidases , are a class of proteolytic enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds at the ends of polypeptide chains.

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Exopeptidases , also known as peptidases , or peptidases , are a class of proteolytic enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds at the ends of polypeptide chains.

Exopeptidases , also known as peptidases , or peptidases , are a class of proteolytic enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds at the end of polypeptide chains and free terminal amino acids. It can be divided into aminopeptidase and carboxypeptidase according to whether the end of the peptide chain that it cuts is amino or carboxyl. In addition, it also includes dipeptidases that catalyze the hydrolysis of dipeptides, and dipeptidyl peptidases that cleave dipeptides from the ends of polypeptide chains.