KEGG   ENZYME: 3.4.23.42
Entry
EC 3.4.23.42                Enzyme                                 
Name
thermopsin
Class
Hydrolases;
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases);
Aspartic endopeptidases
Reaction(IUBMB)
Similar in specificity to pepsin A preferring bulky hydrophobic amino acids in P1 and P1'
Comment
From the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Maximally active at pH 2 and 90 _degree_C. Weakly inhibited by pepstatin but shows no sequence similarity to pepsin. Type example of peptidase family A5.
History
EC 3.4.23.42 created 1992 as EC 3.4.99.43, transferred 2000 to EC 3.4.23.42
Orthology
K01385  thermopsin
Genes
TACTa0167
TVOTVG0251055(TVG0251055)
PTOPTO0161 PTO1487
SSOSSO1886 SSO2045
SOLSsol_2683
SSOASULA_2704
SSOLSULB_2705
SSOFSULC_2702
SSHIJ5U23_02199
SCASSACC_26470 SACC_29330
SAISaci_1049 Saci_1534 Saci_1714(thpS) Saci_2170
SACNSacN8_08325
SACRSacRon12I_08340
SACSSUSAZ_08125
SISLS215_0927
SIAM1425_0700
SIMM1627_0704
SIDM164_0728
SIYYG5714_1001
SINYN1551_1874
SIILD85_0747
SIHSiH_0641
SIRSiRe_0691
SICSiL_0729
SULLEWF20_04710 EWF20_05945 EWF20_06325 EWF20_06515
MEMJMJ1HA_1115 MJ1HA_1673
MTENGWK48_10805
MJNMjAS7_1889 MjAS7_2553
AHOAhos_0202 Ahos_1786
ACIHHS5_07690 HS5_14780
CSTYKN1_13100 KN1_28110
SMETRQ359_001099 RQ359_001182 RQ359_001463
SAHSHS7_12910
CMACmaq_1218
TTNTTX_0358(thpS)
TUZTUZN_1549
TPETpen_1285
FFOFFONT_0178
CCAINAS2_0367
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Reference
1  [PMID:7674919]
  Authors
Lin X, Tang J.
  Title
Thermopsin.
  Journal
Methods Enzymol 248:156-68 (1995)
DOI:10.1016/0076-6879(95)48013-7
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 3.4.23.42
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: 3.4.23.42
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 3.4.23.42
BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: 3.4.23.42
CAS: 126125-05-1

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