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Entry
EC 3.4.24.39                Enzyme                                 

Name
deuterolysin;
Penicillium roqueforti protease II;
microbial neutral proteinase II;
acid metalloproteinase;
neutral proteinase II;
Penicillium roqueforti metalloproteinase
Class
Hydrolases;
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases);
Metalloendopeptidases
BRITE hierarchy
Reaction(IUBMB)
Preferential cleavage of bonds with hydrophobic residues in P1'; also Asn3!Gln and Gly8!Ser bonds in insulin B chain
Comment
Proteolytic activity found in Penicillium roqueforti [4], P. caseicolum [4], Aspergillus sojae [3] and A. oryzae [1,5]. Optimum pH of 5 for digesting various proteins. Strong action on protamine and histones. Insensitive to phosphoramidon. About 20 kDa. A distinct Aspergillus sojae endopeptidase is larger and has a neutral pH optimum. Type example of peptidase family M35. Formerly included in EC 3.4.24.4
Reference
1
  Authors
Nakadai, T., Nasuno, S. and Iguchi, N.
  Title
Purification and properties of neutral proteinase II from Aspergillus oryzae.
  Journal
Agric. Biol. Chem. 37 (1973) 2703-2708.
Reference
2  [PMID:4219726]
  Authors
Gripon JC, Hermier J.
  Title
[The proteolytic system of Penicillium roqueforti. III. - Purification, properties and specificity of a protease inhibited by E.D.T.A]
  Journal
Biochimie. 56 (1974) 1323-32.
  Organism
Penicillium roqueforti
Reference
3
  Authors
Sekine, H.
  Title
, Neutral proteinases I and II of Aspergillus sojae action on various substrates.
  Journal
Agric. Biol. Chem. 40 (1976) 703-709.
Reference
4  [PMID:6998789]
  Authors
Gripon JC, Auberger B, Lenoir J.
  Title
Metalloproteases from Penicillium caseicolum and P. roqueforti: comparison of specificity and chemical characterization.
  Journal
Int. J. Biochem. 12 (1980) 451-5.
  Organism
Penicillium roqueforti, Penicillium caseicolum
Reference
5
  Authors
Vaganova, T.I., Ivanova, N.M. and Stepanov, V.M.
  Title
Isolation and properties of the "acid" metalloproteinase from Aspergillus oryzae.
  Journal
Biochemistry (Mosc) 53 (1988) 1171-1178.
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CAS: 
247028-11-1

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