| 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.