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Summary for peptidase M04.001: thermolysin

Summary Alignment Tree Sequences Sequence features Distribution Structure Literature Substrates Pharma

 

Names
MEROPS Namethermolysin
Other namesgentlyase, neutral proteinase (Bacillus thermoproteolyticus), megateriopeptidase (Bacillus megaterium), NprS g.p. (Geobacillus stearothermophilus), nprT g.p. (Bacillus thermoproteolyticus), Mername-AA133 peptidase, nprM g.p. (Bacillus megaterium)
Domain architecture
MEROPS Classification
Classification Clan MA >> Subclan MA(E) >> Family M4 >> Subfamily (none) >> M04.001
Holotypethermolysin (Bacillus thermoproteolyticus), Uniprot accession P00800 (peptidase unit: 233-548), MERNUM MER0001026
History Identifier created: Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (1998) Academic Press, London.
Activity
Catalytic typeMetallo
PeplistIncluded in the Peplist with identifier PL00143
NC-IUBMBSubclass 3.4 (Peptidases) >> Sub-subclass 3.4.24 (Metalloendopeptidases) >> Peptidase 3.4.24.27
EnzymologyBRENDA database
Proteolytic eventsCutDB database (16 cleavages)
PhysiologyBacterial nutrition.
Cleavage site specificity Explanations of how to interpret the following cleavage site sequence logo and specificity matrix can be found here.
Cleavage pattern-/-/-/-Scissile bondlvi/-/-/- (based on 3994 cleavages)
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Specificity matrix
 
Amino acid P4 P3 P2 P1 P1' P2' P3' P4'
Gly 349 312 233 403 46 338 411 372
Pro 185 185 176 187 15 10 353 470
Ala 321 337 377 360 239 338 238 196
Val 361 420 352 84 866 501 274 196
Leu 366 415 272 284 1264 330 180 125
Ile 241 287 202 19 831 275 174 129
Met 85 89 77 89 108 56 46 43
Phe 128 171 172 170 367 99 70 32
Tyr 150 141 146 230 87 109 98 82
Trp 31 56 49 80 16 64 52 41
Ser 191 178 217 289 62 258 240 245
Thr 184 196 143 277 56 263 189 191
Cys 43 40 25 47 0 11 14 16
Asn 102 112 109 163 7 95 107 124
Gln 91 107 121 131 5 95 104 132
Asp 220 170 132 219 7 339 413 532
Glu 293 259 357 298 13 329 527 660
Lys 268 227 390 299 2 182 193 161
Arg 265 193 352 274 0 229 201 155
His 76 67 71 91 3 62 73 51
Specificity from combinatorial peptides
 
Organism comment P4 P3 P2 P1 P1' P2' P3' P4' optimal substrate fluorophore or acceptor-donor pair Reference
Bacillus thermoproteolyticus recombinant - F/V/A K/Y F/broad L G/R K - xFKF+LGKx D-A2pr (Nma) - Dnp Oda et al., 2005
Bacillus thermoproteolyticus recombinant - - - K - - - - xxxK+xxxx ACC-Dabcyl Sun et al., 2007