Entry
Name
alpha-lytic endopeptidase;
myxobacter alpha-lytic proteinase;
alpha-lytic proteinase;
alpha-lytic protease;
Mycobacterium sorangium alpha-lytic proteinase;
Myxobacter 495 alpha-lytic proteinase;
Myxobacter alpha-lytic proteinase
Class
Hydrolases;
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases);
Serine endopeptidases
BRITE hierarchy
Reaction(IUBMB)
Preferential cleavage: Ala!, Val! in bacterial cell walls, elastin and other proteins
Comment
From the myxobacterium Lysobacter enzymogenes. In peptidase family S1 (trypsin family)
History
EC 3.4.21.12 created 1972
Orthology
K20136 alpha-lytic endopeptidase
Genes
LAB : LA76x_3467(alpha-LP)
LCP : LC55x_3409(alpha-LP)
LGU : LG3211_1771(alpha-LP)
LYA : RDV84_14465 RDV84_23465 RDV84_23470
Taxonomy
Reference
Authors
Olson MO, Nagabhushan N, Dzwiniel M, Smillie LB, Whitaker DR.
Title
Priaary structure of alpha-lytic protease: a bacterial homologue of the pancreatic serine proteases.
Journal
Reference
2
Authors
Polgar, L.
Title
Structure and function of serine proteases.
Journal
In: Neuberger, A. and Brocklehurst, K. (Eds.), New Comprehensive Biochemistry: Hydrolytic Enzymes, vol. 16, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1987, p. 159-200.
Reference
Authors
Epstein DM, Wensink PC
Title
The alpha-lytic protease gene of Lysobacter enzymogenes. The nucleotide sequence predicts a large prepro-peptide with homology to pro-peptides of other chymotrypsin-like enzymes.
Journal
J Biol Chem 263:16586-90 (1988)
Sequence
Reference
Authors
Bone R, Frank D, Kettner CA, Agard DA.
Title
Structural analysis of specificity: alpha-lytic protease complexes with analogues of reaction intermediates.
Journal
Other DBs
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 3.4.21.12