Native Clostridium histolyticum Clostripain

Clostripain from Clostridium histolyticum is composed of two polypeptide chains, with molecular masses of 41.7 kDa and 15.4 kDa. Clostripain has a highly restricted substRate specificity for Arg-Xaa peptide bonds. Therefore, clostripain has been explored as a potential enzyme for protein sequencing purposes. It has also been studied as a catalyst for condensation of pharmaceutically important peptides containing Arg- Pro bonds. The isoelectric point of the enzyme is 4.8-4.9 (at 8°C), and optimum pH is 7.4~7.8 (against α- benzoyl-arginine ethyl ester).