Biology:Thermitase

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Thermitase
Identifiers
EC number3.4.21.66
CAS number69772-87-8
Databases
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Thermitase (EC 3.4.21.66, thermophilic Streptomyces serine proteinase, Thermoactinomyces vulgaris serine proteinase) is an enzyme.[1][2][3][4][5] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of proteins, including collagen

This peptidase is isolated from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris.

References

  1. "Thermophilic Streptomyces alkaline proteinase. I. Isolation, crystallization, and physicochemical properties". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 247 (21): 6978–84. November 1972. PMID 5082135. http://www.jbc.org/content/247/21/6978.long. 
  2. "Properties of two homologous alkaline proteases from Streptomyces rectus". Journal of Bacteriology 120 (3): 1109–15. December 1974. PMID 4373436. 
  3. "Properties of thermitase, a thermostable serine protease from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris". Acta Biologica et Medica Germanica 41 (1): 89–102. 1982. PMID 7051706. 
  4. "Complete primary structure of thermitase from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris and its structural features related to the subtilisin-type proteinases". FEBS Lett. 183 (2): 195–200. 1985. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(85)80775-4. 
  5. "Crystal structure of thermitase at 1.4 A resolution". Journal of Molecular Biology 214 (1): 261–79. July 1990. doi:10.1016/0022-2836(90)90160-n. PMID 2196375. 

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