Carboxypeptidase activity in human mycoplasmas.
Mycoplasma salivarium produced citrulline, ammonia, and ATP from N-benzoylglycyl-L-arginine. The activity was inhibited by EDTA and was therefore concluded to be due to an arginine-specific carboxypeptidase. The activity was also found to exist in M. orale, M. buccale, M. faucium, and M. hominis.
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000641:Ammonia / Q000378:metabolism; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002956:Citrulline / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D001121:Lysine Carboxypeptidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000201:enzymology*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology
D002956:Citrulline; C001650:hippuryl-L-arginine; D000641:Ammonia; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D001120:Arginine; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; D001121:Lysine Carboxypeptidase