Cruzipain
BE0001292ProteinTrypanosoma cruzi
Hydrolyzes chromogenic peptides at the carboxyl Arg or Lys; requires at least one more amino acid, preferably Arg, Phe, Val or Leu, between the terminal Arg or Lys and the amino-blocking group. It is acted on by 15 drugs in DrugBank.
- UniProtKB entry
- P25779Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasmic
- Residues / weight
- 467 residues · 49,836 Da
- Also known as
- 3.4.22.51 · Cruzaine · Major cysteine proteinase
Resolves to
Gene
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Cruzipain, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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