Oligopeptidase B Explained

Oligopeptidase B
Ec Number:	3.4.21.83
Cas Number:	57657-67-7

Oligopeptidase B (protease II, Escherichia coli alkaline proteinase II) is an enzyme.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of -Arg-, -Lys- bonds in oligopeptides, even when P1' residue is proline

This enzyme is present in Escherichia coli.

Notes and References

1. Kanatani A, Masuda T, Shimoda T, Misoka F, Lin XS, Yoshimoto T, Tsuru D . Protease II from Escherichia coli: sequencing and expression of the enzyme gene and characterization of the expressed enzyme . Journal of Biochemistry . 110 . 3 . 315–20 . September 1991 . 1769955 .