Metridin (, ''Metridium proteinase A'', ''sea anemone protease A'', ''sea anemone proteinase A'') is an
enzyme
An enzyme () is a protein that acts as a biological catalyst by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrate (chemistry), substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different mol ...
.
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemistry, chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. When chemical reactions occur, the atoms are rearranged and the reaction is accompanied by an Gibbs free energy, ...
: Preferential cleavage: Tyr-, Phe-, Leu-; little action on Trp-
This digestive enzyme is isolated from the sea
anemone
''Anemone'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are commonly called windflowers. They are native to the temperate and subtropical regions of all regions except Australia, New Zealand, and ...
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Metridium senile
''Metridium senile'', the Plumose, Fluffy, or Frilled anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the Family (biology), family Metridiidae. As a member of the genus ''Metridium'', it is a type of plumose anemone and is found in the seas off north-wes ...
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