| Official Name |
| Thermolysin.
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| Alternative Name(s) |
| Bacillus thermoproteolyticus neutral proteinase. |
| Reaction catalysed |
| Preferential cleavage: Xaa-|-Leu > Xaa-|-Phe |
| Cofactor(s) |
| Calcium; Zinc.
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| Comment(s) |
- A thermostable extracellular metalloendopeptidase containing four
calcium ions.
- Enzymes that may be species variants of thermolysin are reported from
Micrococcus caseolyticus and Aspergillus oryzae.
- Closely related but distinct enzymes are aeromonolysin, pseudolysin,
bacillolysin, aureolysin and mycolysin.
- Belongs to peptidase family M4.
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| Cross-references |
| PROSITE | PDOC00129 |
| BRENDA | 3.4.24.27 |
| PUMA2 | 3.4.24.27 |
| PRIAM enzyme-specific profiles | 3.4.24.27 |
| KEGG Ligand Database for Enzyme Nomenclature | 3.4.24.27 |
| IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature | 3.4.24.27 |
| IntEnz | 3.4.24.27 |
| MEDLINE | Find literature relating to 3.4.24.27 |
| MetaCyc | 3.4.24.27 |
| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot |
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