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EC 3.4.22.40 Details
EC number
3.4.22.40
Accepted name
bleomycin hydrolase
Reaction
Inactivates bleomycin B2 (a cytotoxic glycometallopeptide) by hydrolysis of a carboxyamide bond of β-aminoalanine, but also shows general aminopeptidase activity. The specificity varies somewhat with source, but amino acid arylamides of Met, Leu and Ala are preferred [1]
Other name(s)
aminopeptidase C (Lactococcus lactis) [4]
CAS registry number
53096-17-6
Comment
The molecule is a homohexamer in which the monomers have a papain-like tertiary structure (in peptidase family C1). The active sites are on the walls of a central channel through the molecule, and access of substrate molecules to them is obstructed by this and by the C-terminus of each polypeptide chain [3]. Bleomycin can scarcely be the natural substrate, and there are reports of limited endopeptidase activity. Known from bacteria as well as eukaryotic organisms. Hydrolase H from chicken muscle has many similarities to bleomycin hydrolase, but hydrolyses Ph-CO-Arg-2-naphthylamine as well as aminopeptidase substrates [2].
History
created 2000
EC Tree
3.4.22.4 created 1972, deleted 1992 [EC 3.4.22.5 created 1972, incorporated 1978]
3.4.22.5 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.4.22.9 created 1972, deleted 1981
3.4.22.11 created 1976, deleted 1978 [transferred to EC 3.4.99.45, deleted 1993]
3.4.22.12 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.22.13 created 1978, modified 1981, deleted 1992
3.4.22.17 created 1981 [EC 3.4.24.5 created 1978, part incorporated 1989], deleted 2003
3.4.22.18 created 1981, deleted 1992
3.4.22.19 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.4.22.20 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.4.22.21 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.4.22.22 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.4.22.23 created 1989, deleted 1992