, Val in bacterial cell walls, elastin and other proteins
Reaction: Preferential cleavage: Ala, Val in bacterial cell walls, elastin and other proteins
Other names: myxobacter α-lytic proteinase; α-lytic proteinase; α-lytic protease; Mycobacterium sorangium α-lytic proteinase; Myxobacter 495 α-lytic proteinase; α-lytic proteinase; Myxobacter α-lytic proteinase; Mycobacterium sorangium α-lytic proteinase
Comments: From the myxobacterium Lysobacter enzymogenes. In peptidase family S1 (trypsin family)
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37288-76-9
References
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