Endopeptidase La (, ''ATP-dependent serine proteinase'', ''lon proteinase'', ''protease La'', ''proteinase La'', ''ATP-dependent lon proteinase'', ''ATP-dependent protease La'', ''Escherichia coli proteinase La'', ''Escherichia coli serine proteinase La'', ''gene lon protease'', ''gene lon proteins'', ''PIM1 protease'', ''PIM1 proteinase'', ''serine protease La'') is an
enzyme
An enzyme () is a protein that acts as a biological catalyst by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrate (chemistry), substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different mol ...
.
This enzyme
catalyses hydrolysis
Hydrolysis (; ) is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds. The term is used broadly for substitution reaction, substitution, elimination reaction, elimination, and solvation reactions in which water ...
of proteins in the presence of
ATP.
This enzyme is a product of the lon gene in ''
Escherichia coli
''Escherichia coli'' ( )Wells, J. C. (2000) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Harlow ngland Pearson Education Ltd. is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped, coliform bacterium of the genus '' Escherichia'' that is commonly fo ...
''.
References
External links
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EC 3.4.21
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