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Nodavirus endopeptidase (EC3.4.23.44, Black Beetle virus endopeptidase, Flock House virus endopeptidase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
Hydrolysis of an asparaginyl bond involved in the maturation of the structural protein of the virus, typically -Asn-Ala- or -Asn-Phe-
The enzyme is coded by several nodaviruses that are insect pathogens.
References
Zlotnick A, Reddy VS, Dasgupta R, Schneemann A, Ray WJ, Rueckert RR, Johnson JE (May 1994). "Capsid assembly in a family of animal viruses primes an autoproteolytic maturation that depends on a single aspartic acid residue". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269 (18): 13680–4. PMID8175803.
Johnson JE, Schneemann A (1998). "Nodavirus endopeptidase". In Barrett AJ, Rawlings ND, Woessner JF (eds.). Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes. London: Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes. pp. 964–967.