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I A Goptar', I A Kulemzina, I Iu Filippova

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    |August 5, 2008
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    Researchers isolated and characterized two novel post-proline cleaving enzymes, PRE1 and PRE2, from the flour beetle Tenebrio molitor. PRE2 was identified as a prolyl oligopeptidase based on its unique properties and substrate specificity.

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