chymotrypsin C

{{Short description|Enzyme}}

{{Infobox enzyme

| Name = Chymotrypsin C

| EC_number = 3.4.21.2

| CAS_number = 2606618

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Chymotrypsin C ({{EC number|3.4.21.2}}) is an enzyme.{{cite journal | vauthors = Peanasky RJ, Gratecos D, Baratti J, Rovery M | title = Mode of activation of N-terminal sequence of subunit II in bovine procarboxypeptidase A and of porcine chymotrypsinogen C | journal = Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure | volume = 181 | issue = 1 | pages = 82–92 | date = May 1969 | pmid = 5792601 | doi = 10.1016/0005-2795(69)90229-3 }}{{cite book | title = Proteolytic Enzymes |author = Folk, J.E. |chapter = Chymotrypsin C (Porcine pancreas) |series = Methods in Enzymology |year = 1970 |volume = 19 |pages = 109–112 |doi=10.1016/0076-6879(70)19008-2|isbn = 9780121818814 }}{{cite book | title = Proteolytic Enzymes | vauthors = Wilcox PE | chapter = Chymotrypsinogens—chymotrypsins | series = Methods in Enzymology |year = 1970 |volume = 19 |pages = 64–108 |doi=10.1016/0076-6879(70)19007-0| isbn = 9780121818814 }} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:

: Preferential cleavage: Leu-, Tyr-, Phe-, Met-, Trp-, Gln-, Asn!

This enzyme is formed from pig chymotrypsinogen C and from cattle subunit II of procarboxypeptidase A.