UniProt functional annotation for Q99405

UniProt code: Q99405.

Organism: Bacillus clausii (strain KSM-K16).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Alkalihalobacillus.
 
Function: Alkaline serine protease that cleaves various substrates, including N-succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-pNA, N-succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro- MetpNA, oxidized insulin B chain, casein, hemoglobin and scleroproteins, such as keratin, alpha-keratin and elastin. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7632397}.
 
Cofactor: Name=Ca(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29108; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:15299321}; Note=Binds 2 calcium ions per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15299321};
Activity regulation: Activity is inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride and chymostatin. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7632397}.
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=0.8 mM for N-succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-pNA {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7632397}; KM=1.01 mM for N-succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Met-pNA {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7632397}; pH dependence: Optimum pH is 12.3. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7632397}; Temperature dependence: Optimum temperature is 55 degrees Celsius. CaC1(2) markedly shifts the optimum temperature to 70 degrees Celsius. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7632397};
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15299321}.
Subcellular location: Secreted {ECO:0000305|PubMed:7632397}.
Similarity: Belongs to the peptidase S8 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.