Reaction: [L-Asp(4-L-Arg)]n + H2O = [L-Asp(4-L-Arg)]n-1 + L-Asp(4-L-Arg)
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Glossary: cyanophycin = [L-Asp(4-L-Arg)]n = N-β-aspartylarginine = [L-4-(L-arginin-2-N-yl)aspartic acid]n = poly{N4-[(1S)-1-carboxy-4-guanidinobutyl]-L-asparagine}
Other name(s): cyanophycin degrading enzyme; β-Asp-Arg hydrolysing enzyme; CGPase; CphB; CphE; cyanophycin granule polypeptidase; extracellular CGPase
Comments: The enzyme is highly specific for the branched polypeptide cyanophycin and does not hydrolyse poly-L-aspartate or poly-L-arginine [3]. A serine-type exopeptidase that belongs in peptidase family S51.
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References:
1. Obst, M., Krug, A., Luftmann, H. and Steinbüchel, A. Degradation of cyanophycin by Sedimentibacter hongkongensis strain KI and Citrobacter amalonaticus strain G isolated from an anaerobic bacterial consortium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71 (2005) 3642-3652. [PMID: 16000772]
2. Obst, M., Oppermann-Sanio, F.B., Luftmann, H. and Steinbüchel, A. Isolation of cyanophycin-degrading bacteria, cloning and characterization of an extracellular cyanophycinase gene (cphE) from Pseudomonas anguilliseptica strain BI. The cphE gene from P. anguilliseptica BI encodes a cyanophycin-hydrolyzing enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (2002) 25096-25105. [PMID: 11986309]
3. Richter, R., Hejazi, M., Kraft, R., Ziegler, K. and Lockau, W. Cyanophycinase, a peptidase degrading the cyanobacterial reserve material multi-L-arginyl-poly-L-aspartic acid (cyanophycin): molecular cloning of the gene of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, expression in Escherichia coli, and biochemical characterization of the purified enzyme. Eur. J. Biochem. 263 (1999) 163-169. [PMID: 10429200]