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Accession
GO:0008238
Name
exopeptidase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
exoprotease activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the hydrolysis of a peptide bond not more than three residues from the N- or C-terminus of a polypeptide chain, in a reaction that requires a free N-terminal amino group, C-terminal carboxyl group or both. Source: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/merops/about/glossary.shtml#EXOPEPTIDASE
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History
See term history for GO:0008238 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
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Subset
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Parents of exopeptidase activity (GO:0008238)
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exopeptidase activity [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity (GO:0008233)
Children of exopeptidase activity (GO:0008238)
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dipeptidase activity (GO:0016805) [is_a relation] is_a  exopeptidase activity
aminopeptidase activity (GO:0004177) [is_a relation] is_a  exopeptidase activity
eoxin E4 synthase activity (GO:0097263) [is_a relation] is_a  exopeptidase activity
cysteine-type exopeptidase activity (GO:0070004) [is_a relation] is_a  exopeptidase activity
peptidyl-dipeptidase activity (GO:0008241) [is_a relation] is_a  exopeptidase activity
tripeptidase activity (GO:0034701) [is_a relation] is_a  exopeptidase activity
serine-type exopeptidase activity (GO:0070008) [is_a relation] is_a  exopeptidase activity
carboxypeptidase activity (GO:0004180) [is_a relation] is_a  exopeptidase activity
metalloexopeptidase activity (GO:0008235) [is_a relation] is_a  exopeptidase activity
dipeptidyl-peptidase activity (GO:0008239) [is_a relation] is_a  exopeptidase activity
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