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EC 3.4.24.32     
Accepted name: β-lytic metalloendopeptidase
Reaction: Cleavage of N-acetylmuramoyl┼Ala, and of the insulin B chain at Gly23┼Phe > Val18┼Cya
Other name(s): Myxobacter β-lytic proteinase; achromopeptidase component; β-lytic metalloproteinase; β-lytic protease; Myxobacterium sorangium β-lytic proteinase; Myxobacter495 β-lytic proteinase
Comments: From Achromobacter lyticus and Lysobacter enzymogenes. Digests bacterial cell walls. Type example of peptidase family M23.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, MEROPS, CAS registry number: 37288-92-9
References:
1.  Whitaker, D.R., Roy, C., Tsai, C.S. and Juraöek, L. Lytic enzymes of Sorangium sp. A comparison of the proteolytic properties of the α- and β-lytic proteases. Can. J. Biochem. 43 (1965) 1961–1970. [PMID: 5880182]
2.  Whitaker, D.R. and Roy, C. Concerning the nature of the α- and β-lytic proteases of Sorangium sp. Can. J. Biochem. 45 (1967) 911. [PMID: 6034704]
3.  Li, S. L., Norioka, S. and Sakiyama, F. Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of the β-lytic protease gene from Achromobacter lyticus. J. Bacteriol. 172 (1990) 6506–6511. [DOI] [PMID: 2228973]
[EC 3.4.24.32 created 1972 as EC 3.4.24.4, part transferred 1992 to EC 3.4.24.32]
 
 


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