Corresponds to Merops family C28. Protein fold of the peptidase unit for members of this family resembles that of papain. The leader proteinase of foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) cleaves itself from the growing polyprotein and also cleaves the host translation initiation factor 4GI (eIF4G), thus inhibiting 5'-cap dependent translation.
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