Leu > Phe
Reaction: Preferential cleavage: Leu > Phe
Other names: Bacillus thermoproteolyticus neutral proteinase; thermoase; thermoase Y10; TLN
Comment: A thermostable extracellular metalloendopeptidase containing four calcium ions. Enzymes that may be species variants of thermolysin are reported from Micrococcus caseolyticus [4] and Aspergillus oryzae [5]. Type example of peptidase family M4. Closely related but distinct enzymes are aeromonolysin, pseudolysin, bacillolysin, aureolysin and mycolysin
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9073-78-3
References:
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2. Morihara, K., Tsuzuki, H. and Oka, T. Comparison of the specificities of various neutral proteinases from microorganisms. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 123 (1968) 572-588. [PMID: 4967801]
3. Latt, S. A., Holmquist, B. and Vallee, B. L. Thermolysin: a zinc metalloenzyme. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 37 (1969) 333-339. [PMID: 5823940]
4. Desmazeaud, M. J. and Hermier, J. H. Spécificité de la protéase neutre de Micrococcus caseolyticus. Eur. J. Biochem. 19 (1971) 51-55. [PMID: 5551628]
5. Morihara, K.and Tsuzuki, H. Comparative study of various neutral proteinases from microorganisms: specificity with oligopeptides. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 146 (1971) 291-296. [PMID: 5004124]
6. Titani, K., Hermodson, M. A., Ericson, L. H., Walsh, K. A. and Neurath, H. Amino-acid sequence of thermolysin. Nature New Biol. 238 (1972) 35-37
7. Matthews, B. W. Structural basis of the action of thermolysin and related zinc peptidases. Acc. Chem. Res. 21 (1988) 333-340