snapalysin;
small neutral protease;
SnpA gene product (Streptomyces lividans)

Hydrolases;
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases);
Metalloendopeptidases

Hydrolyses proteins with a preference for Tyr or Phe in the P1' position. Has no action on amino-acid p-nitroanilides

Type example of peptidase family M7.

1

Kurisu, G., Sugimoto, A., Harada, S., Takagi, M., Imanaka, T. and Kai, Y.

Characterization of a small metalloprotease from Streptomyces caespitosus with high specificity to aromatic residues.

J. Ferment. Bioeng. 83 (1997) 590-592.

2

Butler, M.J.

Snapalysin.

In: Barrett, A.J., Rawlings, N.D. and Woessner, J.F. (Eds.), Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, London, 1998, p. 1134-1135.

3  [PMID:11132632]

Kurisu G, Kai Y, Harada S.

Structure of the zinc-binding site in the crystal structure of a zinc endoprotease from Streptomyces caespitosus at 1 A resolution.

J. Inorg. Biochem. 82 (2000) 225-8.

Streptomyces caespitosus