An enzyme which removes the last peptide bond on a protein (the one at the carboxyl end). Its active site contains the sulfur part of the amino acid cysteine.

The information in this writeup was taken from the science dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/; I oversaw the development of the dictionary. For copyright details, see the BioTech homenode.

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