cysteine-type carboxypeptidase activity

id: GO:0016807
name: cysteine-type carboxypeptidase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of C-terminal peptide bonds in a polypeptide chain by a mechanism in which the sulfhydryl group of a cysteine residue at the active center acts as a nucleophile.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0004180carboxypeptidase activity
GO:0070004cysteine-type exopeptidase activity