Reaction: Preferential cleavage: Glu, Asp
Other names: V8 proteinase; endoproteinase Glu-C; staphylococcal serine proteinase
Comments: From Staphylococcus aureus strain V8. In appropriate buffer the specificity is restricted to Glu. In peptidase family S1 (trypsin family)
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 137010-42-5
References
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3. Carmona C. and Gray G.L. Nucleotide sequence of the serine protease gene of Staphylococcus aureus, strain V8. Nucleic Acids Res.15 (1987) 6757 only. [PMID: 3306605]