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Gingipain K

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Gingipain K
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EC no.3.4.22.47
CAS no.159745-69-4
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Gingipain K (EC 3.4.22.47, Lys-gingipain, PrtP proteinase) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:

Endopeptidase with strict specificity for lysyl bonds

Activity of this enzyme is stimulated by glycine.

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References

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  1. ^ Pike R, McGraw W, Potempa J, Travis J (January 1994). "Lysine- and arginine-specific proteinases from Porphyromonas gingivalis. Isolation, characterization, and evidence for the existence of complexes with hemagglutinins". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269 (1): 406–11. PMID 8276827.
  2. ^ Curtis MA, Aduse Opoku J, Rangarajan M, Gallagher A, Sterne JA, Reid CR, Evans HE, Samuelsson B (December 2002). "Attenuation of the virulence of Porphyromonas gingivalis by using a specific synthetic Kgp protease inhibitor". Infection and Immunity. 70 (12): 6968–75. doi:10.1128/iai.70.12.6968-6975.2002. PMC 132948. PMID 12438376.
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