ENTRY EC 3.4.22.10
NAME Streptopain
Streptococcus peptidase A
Streptococcal cysteine proteinase
CLASS Hydrolases
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases)
Cysteine endopeptidases
REACTION Preferential cleavage with hydrophobic residues at P2, P1 and P1'
SUBSTRATE Protein
Peptide
H2O
PRODUCT Protein
Peptide
COMMENT Formed the bacterium, group A Streptococcus. Apparently not a
homologue of papain. Formed from the proenzyme by limited
proteolysis. Formerly EC 3.4.4.18.
DBLINKS University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 3.4.22.10
WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 3.4.22.10
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