| UniProt functional annotation for P50848 | |||
| UniProt code: P50848. |
| Organism: | Bacillus subtilis (strain 168). | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Bacillus. | |
| Function: | Broad specificity carboxypetidase that releases amino acids sequentially from the C-terminus, including neutral, aromatic, polar and basic residues. Has lower activity with substrates ending with His or Trp. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19544567}. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=Release of a C-terminal amino acid with broad specificity, except for -Pro.; EC=3.4.17.19; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:19544567}; | |
| Cofactor: | Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:19544567}; Note=Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19544567}; | |
| Subunit: | Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19544567}. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the peptidase M32 family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.