Streptopain

Streptopain
Identifiers
EC number	3.4.22.10
CAS number	9025-51-8
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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Streptopain (EC 3.4.22.10, Streptococcus peptidase A, streptococcal cysteine proteinase, Streptococcus protease) is an enzyme.^[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Preferential cleavage with hydrophobic residues at P2, P1 and P1'

This enzyme is isolated from the bacterium, group A Streptococcus.

References

1. Elliott, S.D. and Liu, T.-Y. (1970). "Streptococcal proteinase". Methods Enzymol. 19: 252–261. doi:10.1016/0076-6879(70)19019-7.
2. Liu, T.-Y. and Elliott, S.D. (1971). "Streptococcal proteinase". In Boyer, P.D. The Enzymes (3rd ed.). New York: Academic Press. pp. 609–647.
3. Tai, J. (1976). "Y., Kortt, A.A., Liu, T.-Y. and Elliott, S.D. Primary structure of streptococcal proteinase. III. Isolation of cyanogen bromide peptides: complete covalent structure of the polypeptide chain". J. Biol. Chem. 251: 1955–1959. PMID 1270417.
4. Lo, S.-S., Fraser, B.A. and Liu, T.-Y. (1984). "The mixed disulphide in the zymogen of streptococcal proteinase. Characterization and implication for its biosynthesis". J. Biol. Chem. 259: 11041–11045. PMID 6381494.

External links

• Streptopain at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)