Category:GO:0070001 ! aspartic-type peptidase activity

name: aspartic-type peptidase activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of peptide bonds in a polypeptide chain by a mechanism in which a water molecule bound by the side chains of aspartic residues at the active center acts as a nucleophile." [GOC:mah, http://merops.sanger.ac.uk/about/glossary.htm#CATTYPE]
is_a: GO:0070011 ! peptidase activity, acting on L-amino acid peptides

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has only the following child term.

• [+] GO:0004190 ! aspartic-type endopeptidase activity (1)