Chymotrypsin

Chymotrypsin is a digestive enzyme belonging to a super family of enzymes called serine proteases.
It uses an active serine residue to perform hydrolysis on the C-terminus of the aromatic amino acids of other proteins.
Chymotrypsin is a protease enzyme that cleaves on the C-terminal phenylalanine (F), tryptophan (W), and tyrosine (Y) on peptide chains.
It shows specificity for aromatic amino acids because of its hydrophobic pocket.

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