Group B streptococci were recently reported to possess a cell- associated collagenase. Although the enzyme hydrolyzed the synthetic collagen-like substrate N-(3-[2-furyl]acryloyl)-Leu-Gly-Pro-Ala, we found that neither the highly purified enzyme nor crude group B streptococcal cell lysate solubilized a film of reconstituted rat tail collagen, an activity regarded as obligatory for a true collagenase. We cloned and sequenced the gene for the enzyme (pepB). The deduced amino acid sequence showed 66.4% identity to the PepF oligopeptidase from Lactococcus lactis, a member of the M3 or thimet family of zinc metallopeptidases. The group B streptococcal enzyme also showed oligopeptidase activity and degraded a variety of small bioactive peptides, including bradykinin, neurotensin, and peptide fragments of substance P and adrenocorticotropin.
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Lin, B., Averett, W. F., Novák, J., Winn Chatham, W., Hollingshead, S. K., Coligan, J. E., … Pritchard, D. G. (1996). Characterization of PepB, a group B streptococcal oligopeptidase. Infection and Immunity, 64(8), 3401–3406. https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.64.8.3401-3406.1996
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