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(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide.
VanY, a d -Ala- d -Ala-specific pentapeptidase, evolved into VanXY through acquisition of the “bisubstrate loop,” which added hydrolysis of d -Ala- d -Ala to that of a d -Ala- d -Ala-containing pentapeptide.
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Pentapeptidase means (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a pentapeptide.
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VanY, a d -Ala- d -Ala-specific pentapeptidase, evolved into VanXY through acquisition of the “bisubstrate loop,” which added hydrolysis of d -Ala- d -Ala to that of a d -Ala- d -Ala-containing pentapeptide.
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