Ratanakhanokchai K, Lee B R, Kobayashi Y, Takeuchi M
Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1996 Mar;60(3):496-7. doi: 10.1271/bbb.60.496.
A mutant carboxypeptidase Z from Absidia zychae in which Gly137 was replaced by Ala by site-directed mutagenesis was constructed and expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae YPH250. The mutant enzyme hydrolyzed C-terminal Pro-X bonds (X = amino acid) more efficiently than the wild-type enzyme and sequentially released amino acids from the C-termini of oligopeptides.