Reaction: The enzyme catalyses a cell wall sorting reaction in which a surface protein with a sorting signal containing a NPXTN motif is cleaved between the Thr and Asn residue. The resulting threonine carboxyl end of the protein is covalently attached to a pentaglycine cross-bridge of peptidoglycan.
Other name(s): SrtB
Comments: In peptidase family C60.
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References:
1. Zong, Y., Mazmanian, S.K., Schneewind, O. and Narayana, S.V. The structure of sortase B, a cysteine transpeptidase that tethers surface protein to the Staphylococcus aureus cell wall. Structure 12 (2004) 105-112. [PMID: 14725770]
2. Bierne, H., Garandeau, C., Pucciarelli, M.G., Sabet, C., Newton, S., Garcia-del Portillo, F., Cossart, P. and Charbit, A. Sortase B, a new class of sortase in Listeria monocytogenes. J. Bacteriol. 186 (2004) 1972-1982. [PMID: 15028680]