Type: | Family | Name: | Glutamine cyclotransferase |
Description: | This family of enzymes catalyse the cyclization of free L-glutamine and N-terminal glutaminyl residues in proteins to pyroglutamate (5-oxoproline) and pyroglutamyl residues respectively []. This family includes plant and bacterial enzymes and seems unrelated to the mammalian enzymes. | Short Name: | Glu_cyclase_2 |