GLU-C

SYNONYMS
Glutamyl endopeptidase (EC:3.4.21.19), Endoproteinase Glu-C, Staphylococcal serine proteinase, V8 protease, V8 proteinase, sspA.

INTRODUCTION
Glutamyl endopeptidase (GLU-C) is an enzyme which cleaves peptide bonds on the carboxyl-terminal side of glutamic acid and, less frequently, aspartic acid (for example: Glu-|-Xaa, Asp-|-Xaa). GLU-C is a pathogenic factor involved in the adherence and colonization of human tissue. GLU-C preferentially cleaves peptide bonds on the carboxyl-terminal side of aspartate and glutamate. GLU-C is required for proteolytic maturation of thiol protease SspB and inactivation of SspC, an inhibitor of SspB. GLU-C is the most important protease for degradation of fibronectin-binding protein (FnBP) and surface protein A, which are involved in adherence to host cells. Furthermore, GLU-C protects bacteria against host defense mechanism by cleaving the immunoglobulin classes IgG, IgA and IgM. GLU-C may also be involved in the stability of secreted lipases.

DESCRIPTION
Recombinant Staphylococcal GLU-C produced in E.coli is a single, non-glycosylated polypeptide chain containing a total of 267 amino acids and having a molecular mass of 28.9kDa.

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