UniProt functional annotation for Q3T905

UniProt code: Q3T905.

Organism: Helicoverpa zea (Corn earworm moth) (Heliothis zea).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Lepidoptera; Glossata; Ditrysia; Noctuoidea; Noctuidae; Heliothinae; Helicoverpa.
 
Function: Metalloprotease which cleaves a single amino acid from the C- terminal end of polypeptide chains. Shows a strong preference for peptides with a terminal lysine residue. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16260742}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Preferential release of a C-terminal lysine or arginine amino acid.; EC=3.4.17.2; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:16260742};
Cofactor: Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000305|PubMed:16260742};
Activity regulation: Highly resistant to inhibition by potato carboxypeptidase inhibitor (PCI). Moderately inhibited by leech carboxypeptidase inhibitor (LCI) and tick carboxypeptidase inhibitor (TCI). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16260742}.
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=0.26 mM for benzoyl-glycyl-lysine (Bz-Gly-Lys) {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16260742}; KM=0.061 mM for N-(4-furylacryloyl)-Ala-Lys (FAAK) {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16260742}; Note=kcat is 45.7 sec(-1) for benzoyl-glycyl-lysine (Bz-Gly-Lys). kcat is 15.3 sec(-1) for N-(4-furylacryloyl)-Ala-Lys (FAAK). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16260742};
Subcellular location: Secreted {ECO:0000305}.
Similarity: Belongs to the peptidase M14 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.