Deuterolysin

Deuterolysin (, Penicillium roqueforti protease II, microbial neutral proteinase II, acid metalloproteinase, neutral proteinase II, Penicillium roqueforti metalloproteinase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction


 * Preferential cleavage of bonds with hydrophobic residues in P1'; also Asn3-Gln and Gly8-Ser bonds in insulin B chain

This enzyme is present in Penicillium roqueforti, P. caseicolum, Pyricularia oryzae, Aspergillus sojae and A. oryzae.