Enzyme Active Sites and their Reaction Mechanisms: Chapter 18 - Hepatitis C NS2/3 protease

Elsevier, Enzyme Active Sites and their Reaction Mechanisms, 2021, Pages 97-100
Authors: 
Harry Morrison

This chapter summarizes the properties of the enzyme, hepatitis C NS2/3 protease, with special emphasis on the catalytic components of its active site, and the mechanism by which it hydrolyzes peptide bonds. The enzyme is a cysteine protease.