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SUBMITTER: Fukasawa KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3268031 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fukasawa Kayoko M KM Hata Toshiyuki T Ono Yukio Y Hirose Junzo J
Journal of amino acids 20110511
Almost all naturally occurring metalloproteases are monozinc enzymes. The zinc in any number of zinc metalloproteases has been substituted by some other divalent cation. Almost all Co(II)- or Mn(II)-substituted enzymes maintain the catalytic activity of their zinc counterparts. However, in the case of Cu(II) substitution of zinc proteases, a great number of enzymes are not active, for example, thermolysin, carboxypeptidase A, endopeptidase from Lactococcus lactis, or aminopeptidase B, while some ...[more]