Title: Pankrin
CAS Registry Number: 9001-72-3
Literature References: A proteolytic enzyme (proteinase, endopeptidase). Partial purification and characterization: Grant, Robbins, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 78, 5888 (1956). Isoln from hog or beef pancreas: eidem, US 2871165 (1959 to Armour).
Properties: Insol in water, sol in a 60% aq alcohol soln at 25°. Maintains proteolytic activity in aq solns of pH 4.7 at 25° for 8 hrs. Incapable of clotting blood plasma, but clots milk. The proteolytic activity upon urea-denatured hemoglobin and upon acetyl-1-tyrosine ethyl ester is such that the ratio of its hemoglobin to ATEE activity is at least 150.
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