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ENZYME entry: EC 3.4.24.27

PURL: https://purl.expasy.org/enzyme/EC/3.4.24.27
Accepted Name
thermolysin
Alternative Name(s)
Bacillus thermoproteolyticus neutral proteinase
Reaction catalysed
Preferential cleavage: Xaa-|-Leu > Xaa-|-Phe
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.
  • Formerly EC 3.4.24.4.
Cross-references
Rhea expert-curated reactions3.4.24.27
ExplorEnz3.4.24.27
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature3.4.24.27
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
Q43880, THER_ALIACQ59193, THER_BACCLQ59223, THER_BACSO
P00800, THER_BACTHP43133, THER_GEOSE
BRENDA3.4.24.27
MetaCyc3.4.24.27
KEGG Ligand Database for Enzyme Nomenclature3.4.24.27
EC2PDB3.4.24.27
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