Magnolysin (EC3.4.24.62, bovine neurosecretory granule protease cleaving pro-oxytocin/neurophysin, pro-oxytocin/neurophysin convertase, prooxyphysin proteinase, pro-oxytocin convertase) is an enzyme.[1][2][3][4][5] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
This endopeptidase is present in bovine pituitary neurosecretory granules.
References
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^Brakch N, Boussetta H, Rholam M, Cohen P (September 1989). "Processing endoprotease recognizes a structural feature at the cleavage site of peptide prohormones. The pro-ocytocin/neurophysin model". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264 (27): 15912–6. PMID2674120.
^Plevrakis I, Clamagirand C, Créminon C, Brakch N, Rholam M, Cohen P (March 1989). "Proocytocin/neurophysin convertase from bovine neurohypophysis and corpus luteum secretory granules: complete purification, structure-function relationships, and competitive inhibitor". Biochemistry. 28 (6): 2705–10. doi:10.1021/bi00432a051. PMID2659078.
^Guillou MD, Camier M, Clamagirand C (August 1994). "Evidence for the presence of pro-oxytocin/neurophysin-converting enzyme in the human ovary". The Journal of Endocrinology. 142 (2): 345–52. doi:10.1677/joe.0.1420345. PMID7931007.