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Protein-Arginine Deiminase Type 2 MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Protein-Arginine Deiminase Type 2
Tree Number(s)
D08.811.277.721.313
Unique ID
D000080064
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080064
Scope Note
A widely expressed isoenzyme of peptidylarginine deiminase, a post-translational modification enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of protein-bound ARGININE residues to CITRULLINE residues in a CALCIUM ion-dependent manner.
Entry Term(s)
PADI2 Protein
Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase Type 2
Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase Type II
Peptidylarginine Deiminase II
Peptidylarginine Deiminase Type 2
Peptidylarginine Deiminase Type II
Protein Arginine Deiminase 2
Protein Arginine Deiminase Type 2
Protein Arginine Deiminase Type II
Protein-Arginine Deiminase Type II
Registry Numbers
EC 3.5.3.15
Previous Indexing
Hydrolases (1981-2019)
Hydrolases (2004-2019)
Protein-Arginine Deiminases (2018-2019)
See Also
Citrullination
Public MeSH Note
2020
History Note
2020
Date Introduced
2020/01/01
Last Updated
2020/01/01
Protein-Arginine Deiminase Type 2 Preferred
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