UniProt functional annotation for P00771

UniProt code: P00771.

Organism: Leptuca pugilator (Atlantic sand fiddler crab) (Uca pugilator).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Multicrustacea; Malacostraca; Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Brachyura; Eubrachyura; Ocypodoidea; Ocypodidae; Gelasiminae; Leptuca.
 
Function: This enzyme is a serine protease capable of degrading the native triple helix of collagen.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Hydrolysis of proteins, with broad specificity for peptide bonds. Native collagen is cleaved about 75% of the length of the molecule from the N-terminus. Low activity on small molecule substrates of both trypsin and chymotrypsin.; EC=3.4.21.32;
Similarity: Belongs to the peptidase S1 family. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE- ProRule:PRU00274}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.