Cysteine-type endopeptidase activity

Definition: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of internal, alpha-peptide bonds in a polypeptide chain by a mechanism in which the sulfhydryl group of a cysteine residue at the active center acts as a nucleophile.

ID: GO:0004197

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Articles referencing this term

A chemical approach for detecting sulfenic acid-modified proteins in living cells
Khalilah G. Reddie, Young Ho Seo, Wilson B. Muse III, Stephen E. Leonard and Kate S. Carroll, Mol. BioSyst., 2008 , 4 , 521
DOI: 10.1039/b719986d