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Literature summary for 3.4.21.25 extracted from

  • Yamagata, H.; Ueno, S.; Iwasaki, T.
    Isolation and characterization of a possible native cucumisin from developing melon fruits and its limited autolysis to cucumisin (1989), Agric. Biol. Chem., 53, 1009-1017.
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Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
diisopropyl fluorophosphate completely inactivated at 0.5 mM for 10 min Cucumis melo
HgCl2 10% inhibition by 0.5 mM Cucumis melo
additional information no effect: iodoacetate, EDTA, PCMB, beta-mercaptoethanol, cysteine, N-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone and PCMB; no effect of plant proteinous inhibitors of serine proteinases Cucumis melo
PMSF slightly inactivated by 0.1 mM, 11% inhibition by 0.5 mM, 23% inhibition by 1 mM Cucumis melo

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
additional information not affected by CaCl2, CdCl2, MnSO4, CoSO4 and ZnSO4 Cucumis melo

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
54000
-
native enzyme, a large precursor has a MW of 67000 Da, consists of a 14000 Da C-terminal polypeptide and the active 54000 Da protease domain, which arises by limited autolysis, SDS-PAGE Cucumis melo
67000
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native cucumisin, consists of a 14000 Da C-terminal polypeptide and the active 54000 Da protease domain, which arises by limited autolysis, 62000 Da by gel filtration, SDS-PAGE Cucumis melo

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
Protein + H2O Cucumis melo
-
?
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Cucumis melo
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L. var Prince
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
-
Cucumis melo

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
fruit
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Cucumis melo
-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
casein + H2O
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Cucumis melo ?
-
?
Protein + H2O
-
Cucumis melo ?
-
?
protein + H2O
-
Cucumis melo hydrolyzed protein
-
?

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
70
-
both, the 67000 Da and the 54000 Da enzyme Cucumis melo

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
50
-
the 54000 Da enzyme stable up to Cucumis melo
70
-
the 67000 Da enzyme was stable up to Cucumis melo
90
-
both, the 67000 Da and the 54000 Da enzyme were completely inactivated after 10 min above Cucumis melo

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
10.5
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both, the 67000 Da and the 54000 Da enzyme Cucumis melo

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
additional information
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the 67000 Da native enzyme is more stable at acidic pH than the 54000 Da proteinase Cucumis melo