Serine protease with highly specific primary endoproteolytic activity that serves to generate proteolytic peptides in bottom-up proteomics analysis.
Note: It may be modified by reductive methylation or glycosylation to increase its thermal stability.
Source:
PAC, 2018, 90, 1121. 'Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)' on page 1165 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1120)