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Togavirin

Togavirin (, Sindbis virus protease, Sindbis virus core protein, NsP2 proteinase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Autocatalytic release of the core protein from the N-terminus of the togavirus structural polyprotein by hydrolysis of a -Trp-Ser- bond

This enzyme is isolated from the Sindbis and Semliki forest togaviruses.