Category:GO:0008233 ! peptidase activity

name: peptidase activity
namespace: molecular_function
alt_id: GO:0070010
alt_id: GO:0070011
def: "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of a peptide bond. A peptide bond is a covalent bond formed when the carbon atom from the carboxyl group of one amino acid shares electrons with the nitrogen atom from the amino group of a second amino acid." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0815332181]
subset: goslim_candida
subset: goslim_chembl
subset: goslim_drosophila
subset: goslim_metagenomics
subset: goslim_pir
subset: goslim_yeast
synonym: "hydrolase, acting on peptide bonds" EXACT []
synonym: "peptidase activity, acting on D-amino acid peptides" NARROW []
synonym: "peptidase activity, acting on L-amino acid peptides" NARROW []
synonym: "peptide hydrolase activity" EXACT []
synonym: "protease activity" EXACT []
synonym: "proteinase activity" NARROW []
xref: EC:3.4.-.-
is_a: GO:0016787 ! hydrolase activity
is_a: GO:0140096 ! catalytic activity, acting on a protein

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0008233</GOterm>
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