Aqualysin 1 Explained

Aqualysin 1
Ec Number:	3.4.21.111
Cas Number:	88747-68-6

Aqualysin 1 (caldolysin) is an enzyme.^{[1] [2] [3]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Exhibits low specificity towards esters of amino acids with small hydrophobic or aromatic residues at the P1 position

This enzyme is isolated from the thermophile, Thermus aquaticus.

Notes and References

1. Matsuzawa H, Tokugawa K, Hamaoki M, Mizoguchi M, Taguchi H, Terada I, Kwon ST, Ohta T . Purification and characterization of aqualysin I (a thermophilic alkaline serine protease) produced by Thermus aquaticus YT-1 . European Journal of Biochemistry . 171 . 3 . 441–7 . February 1988 . 3162211 . 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb13809.x .
2. Tanaka T, Matsuzawa H, Kojima S, Kumagai I, Miura K, Ohta T . . Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry . 62 . 10 . 2035–8 . October 1998 . 9882104 . 10.1271/bbb.62.2035 .
3. Tanaka T, Matsuzawa H, Ohta T . Substrate Specificity of Aqualysin I, a Bacterial Thermophilic Alkaline Serine Protease from Thermus aquaticus YT-1: Comparison with Proteinase K, Subtilisin BPN' and Subtilisin Carlsberg . Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry . 62 . 11 . 2161–5 . 1998 . 10.1271/bbb.62.2161 . free .