Term Information

Accession
GO:0008233
Name
peptidase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
hydrolase, acting on peptide bonds, peptide hydrolase activity, protease activity, peptidase activity, acting on D-amino acid peptides, peptidase activity, acting on L-amino acid peptides, proteinase activity
Alternate IDs
GO:0070010, GO:0070011
Definition
Catalysis of the hydrolysis of a peptide bond. A peptide bond is a covalent bond formed when the carbon atom from the carboxyl group of one amino acid shares electrons with the nitrogen atom from the amino group of a second amino acid. Source: GOC:jl, ISBN:0815332181
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0008233 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_metagenomics
goslim_chembl
goslim_drosophila
goslim_candida
goslim_yeast
goslim_pir
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Parents of peptidase activity (GO:0008233)
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peptidase activity [is_a relation] is_a  hydrolase activity (GO:0016787)
peptidase activity [is_a relation] is_a  catalytic activity, acting on a protein (GO:0140096)
Children of peptidase activity (GO:0008233)
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negative regulation of peptidase activity (GO:0010466) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  peptidase activity
threonine-type peptidase activity (GO:0070003) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity
ATP-dependent peptidase activity (GO:0004176) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity
metallopeptidase activity (GO:0008237) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity
aspartic-type peptidase activity (GO:0070001) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity
ubiquitin-like protein peptidase activity (GO:0019783) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity
positive regulation of peptidase activity (GO:0010952) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  peptidase activity
exopeptidase activity (GO:0008238) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity
endopeptidase activity (GO:0004175) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity
serine-type peptidase activity (GO:0008236) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity
glutamic-type peptidase activity (GO:0070002) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity
regulation of peptidase activity (GO:0052547) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  peptidase activity
cysteine-type peptidase activity (GO:0008234) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity
omega peptidase activity (GO:0008242) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidase activity