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EC 3.4.24.74 Details
EC number
3.4.24.74
Accepted name
fragilysin
Reaction
Broad proteolytic specificity, bonds hydrolysed including -Gly┼Leu-, -Met┼Leu-, -Phe┼Leu-, -Cys┼Leu-, Leu┼Gly
Other name(s)
Bacteroides fragilis (entero)toxin
CAS registry number
188596-63-6
Comment
Thought to be a cause of diarrhoea in animals and humans. Hydrolyses extracellular matrix proteins, and disrupts tight junctions of intestinal epithelial cells. Also degrades intracellular, cytoskeletal proteins actin, myosin and others. In peptidase family M10 (interstitial collagenase family)
History
created 1997
EC Tree
3.4.24.2 created 1972, deleted 1992
3.4.24.4 created 1972 [EC 3.4.99.13 and EC 3.4.99.22 both created 1972, incorporated 1978], deleted 1992
3.4.24.5 created 1978, deleted 1989
3.4.24.8 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.24.9 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.24.10 created 1972 as EC 3.4.99.12, transferred 1978 to EC 3.4.24.10, deleted 1992