Thermolysin

Function

Thermolysin or thermostable neutral proteinase (TML) is a thermostable metalloproteinase enzyme from Bacillus thermoproteolyticus. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptide bonds containing hydrophobic residues. See Metalloproteases and Matrix metalloproteinase for discussion.

Structural highlights

Thermolysin is a well researched metalloprotease containing (click this!) and the amino acids His-Glu-X-His-His as its catalytic center. , holding it fast, while stabilize the substrate protein which will be cleaved into two smaller proteins.^[1]^[2].

3D Structures of Thermolysin

Thermolysin 3D structures

ReferencesReferences

↑ Matthews, BW. (1988): Structural basis of the action of thermolysin and related zinc peptidases. In: Acc. Chem. Res. 21(9); 333–340; http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ar00153a003
↑ Pelmenschikov V, Blomberg MR, Siegbahn PE. A theoretical study of the mechanism for peptide hydrolysis by thermolysin. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2002 Mar;7(3):284-98. Epub 2001 Sep 27. PMID:11935352 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s007750100295

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[1] Matthews, BW. (1988): Structural basis of the action of thermolysin and related zinc peptidases. In: Acc. Chem. Res. 21(9); 333–340; http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ar00153a003

[2] Pelmenschikov V, Blomberg MR, Siegbahn PE. A theoretical study of the mechanism for peptide hydrolysis by thermolysin. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2002 Mar;7(3):284-98. Epub 2001 Sep 27. PMID:11935352 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s007750100295

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