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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Protein-Arginine Deiminases

Preferred term

Protein-Arginine Deiminases  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A family of ENZYMES that, in the presence of calcium ion, converts ARGININE to CITRULLINE in proteins. There are five PAD isotypes in mammals. In humans: they include PAD1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. They are encoded by five paralogous genes named PADI and clustered on human chromosome 1.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Peptidylarginine Deiminase
  • Peptidylarginine Deiminases
  • Protein-Arginine Deiminase
  • Protein-L-Arginine Iminohydrolase
  • Protein-L-Arginine Iminohydrolases

In other languages

  • French

  • Peptidylarginine deiminase
  • Peptidylarginine déiminase
  • Peptidylarginine deiminases
  • Peptidylarginine déiminases
  • Protein-L-arginine iminohydrolase
  • Protein-L-arginine iminohydrolases
  • Protéine-arginine déiminase
  • Protéine-arginine déiminases
  • Protéine-L-arginine iminohydrolase
  • Protéine-L-arginine iminohydrolases

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