Thermitase Explained

Thermitase
Ec Number:3.4.21.66
Cas Number:69772-87-8

Thermitase (thermophilic Streptomyces serine proteinase, Thermoactinomyces vulgaris serine proteinase) is an enzyme.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of proteins, including collagen

This peptidase is isolated from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris.

Notes and References

  1. Mizusawa K, Yoshida F . Thermophilic Streptomyces alkaline proteinase. I. Isolation, crystallization, and physicochemical properties . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 247 . 21 . 6978–84 . November 1972 . 5082135 .
  2. Borgia P, Campbell LL . Properties of two homologous alkaline proteases from Streptomyces rectus . Journal of Bacteriology . 120 . 3 . 1109–15 . December 1974 . 4373436 . 245889 .
  3. Kleine R . Properties of thermitase, a thermostable serine protease from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris . Acta Biologica et Medica Germanica . 41 . 1 . 89–102 . 1982 . 7051706 .
  4. Complete primary structure of thermitase from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris and its structural features related to the subtilisin-type proteinases . Meloun B, Baudyš M, Kostka V, Hausdorf G, Frömmel C, Höhne WE . FEBS Lett. . 1985 . 183 . 2 . 195–200 . 10.1016/0014-5793(85)80775-4. free .
  5. Teplyakov AV, Kuranova IP, Harutyunyan EH, Vainshtein BK, Frömmel C, Höhne WE, Wilson KS . Crystal structure of thermitase at 1.4 A resolution . Journal of Molecular Biology . 214 . 1 . 261–79 . July 1990 . 2196375 . 10.1016/0022-2836(90)90160-n . free .

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