| EC |
3.4.21.25 |
| Accepted name: |
cucumisin |
| Reaction: |
Hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity |
| Other name(s): |
euphorbain; solanain; hurain; tabernamontanain |
| Comments: |
From the sarcocarp of the musk melon (Cucumis melo). In peptidase family S8 (subtilisin family). Other endopeptidases from plants, which are less well characterized but presumably of serine-type, include euphorbain from Euphorbia cerifera [6], solanain from horse-nettle Solanum elaeagnifolium [1], hurain from Hura crepitans [2] and tabernamontanain from Tabernamontana grandiflora [3]. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, MEROPS, PDB, CAS registry number: 82062-89-3 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Greenberg, D.M. and Winnick, T. Plant proteases. I. Activation-inhibition reactions. J. Biol. Chem. 135 (1940) 761–773. |
| 2. |
Jaffé, W.G. Hurain, a new plant protease from Hura crepitans. J. Biol. Chem. 149 (1943) 1–7. |
| 3. |
Jaffé, W.G. A new vegetable proteolytic enzyme of the papain class. Rev. Brasil Biol. 3 (1943) 149–157. |
| 4. |
Kaneda, M. and Toninaga, N. Isolation and characterization of a proteinase from the sarcocarp of melon fruit. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 78 (1975) 1287–1296. [PMID: 5423] |
| 5. |
Kaneda, M., Ohmine, H., Yonezawa, H. and Tominaga, N. Amino acid sequence around the reactive site of cucumisin from melon fruit. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 95 (1984) 825–829. [PMID: 6427203] |
| 6. |
Lynn, K.R. and Clevette-Radford, N.A. Two proteases from the latex of Elaeophorbia drupifera. Phytochemistry 24 (1985) 2843–2845. |
| 7. |
Kaneda, N., Minematsu, Y., Powers, J.C. and Tominaga, N. Specificity of cucumisin in hydrolysis of peptide thiobenzyl esters. Agric. Biol. Chem. 50 (1986) 1075–1076. |
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