Biology:Staphopain

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Staphopain
Identifiers
EC number3.4.22.48
CAS number347841-89-8
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Staphopain (EC 3.4.22.48, staphylopain) is an enzyme.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Broad endopeptidase action on proteins including elastin, but rather limited hydrolysis of small-molecule substrates.

This enzyme is present in several species of Staphylococcus.

References

  1. Hofmann, B.; Hecht, H.J.; Kiess, M.; Schomburg, D. (1993). "Crystal structure of a thiol proteinase from Staphylococcus aureus V8 in the E-64 inhibitor complex". Acta Crystallographica Section A 49: c102. doi:10.1107/s0108767378097081. 
  2. "Staphylopain". Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes. London: Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes. 1998. pp. 669–671. 
  3. "Molecular cloning and biochemical characterisation of proteases from Staphylococcus epidermidis". Biological Chemistry 382 (11): 1575–82. November 2001. doi:10.1515/bc.2001.192. PMID 11767947. 

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