IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.4.21.72

Accepted name: IgA-specific serine endopeptidase

Reaction: Cleavage of immunoglobulin A molecules at certain Pro bonds in the hinge region. No small molecule substrates are known

Other names: IgA protease; IgA proteinase; IgA-specific proteinase; immunoglobulin A protease; immunoglobulin A proteinase

Comments: Species variants differing slightly in specificity are secreted by Gram-negative bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Haemophilus influenzae. Type example of peptidase family S6. Some other bacterial endopeptidases with similar specificity are of metallo- type (see EC 3.4.24.13, IgA-specific metalloendopeptidase)

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MEROPS, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 55127-02-1

References

1. Plaut, A.G. The IgA1 proteases of pathogenic bacteria. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 37 (1983) 603-622. [PMID: 6416146]

2. Bachovchin, W.W., Plaut, A.G., Flentke, G.R., Lynch, M. and Kettner, C.A. Inhibition of IgA1 proteinases from Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Hemophilus influenzae by peptide prolyl boronic acids. J. Biol. Chem. 265 (1990) 3738-3743. [PMID: 2105953]

[EC 3.4.21.72 created 1992]


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