Spermosin

Spermosin
Identifiers
EC number 3.4.21.99
CAS number 89925-67-7
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Spermosin (EC 3.4.21.99) is an enzyme.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolyses arginyl bonds, preferably with Pro in the P2 position

This enzyme is isolated from the ascidian (Prochordate) Halocynthia roretzi.

References

  1. Sawada, H.; Yokosawa, H.; Ishii, S. (1984). "Purification and characterization of two types of trypsin-like enzymes from sperm of the ascidian (Prochordata) Halocynthia roretzi. Evidence for the presence of spermosin, a novel acrosin-like enzyme". J. Biol. Chem. 259: 2900–2904. PMID 6365918.
  2. Sawada, H.; Yokosawa, H.; Someno, T.; Saino, T.; Ishii, S. (1984). "Evidence for the participation of two sperm proteases, spermosin and acrosin, in fertilization of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi: inhibitory effects of leupeptin analogs on enzyme activities and fertilization". Dev. Biol. 105: 246–249. doi:10.1016/0012-1606(84)90281-1. PMID 6381175.
  3. Sawada, H.; Iwasaki, K.; Kihara-Negishi, F.; Ariga, H.; Yokosawa, H. (1996). "Localization, expression, and the role in fertilization of spermosin, an ascidian sperm trypsin-like protease". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 222: 499–504. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1996.0773. PMID 8670234.
  4. Sawada, H.; Someno, T. (1996). "Substrate specificity of ascidian sperm trypsin-like proteases, spermosin and acrosin". Mol. Reprod. Dev. 45: 240–243. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199610)45:2<240::AID-MRD18>3.0.CO;2-4. PMID 8914083.
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