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Carboxypeptidase

A carboxypeptidase (EC number 3.4.16 - 3.4.18) is a proteaseenzyme that hydrolyzes (cleaves) a peptide bond at the carboxy-terminal (C-terminal) end of a protein or peptide. This is in contrast to an aminopeptidases, which cleave peptide bonds at the N-terminus of proteins.

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