HMM Summary Page: TIGR03935
Accession | TIGR03935 |
Name | fragilysin |
Function | fragilysin |
Gene Symbol | bft |
Trusted Cutoff | 190.70 |
Domain Trusted Cutoff | 190.70 |
Noise Cutoff | 190.60 |
Domain Noise Cutoff | 190.60 |
Isology Type | equivalog |
EC Number | 3.4.24.74 |
HMM Length | 386 |
Author | Haft DH |
Entry Date | Feb 11 2010 7:55PM |
Last Modified | Feb 14 2011 3:27PM |
Comment | Members of this family are fragilysin, the Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin. This enzyme is a Zn metalloprotease. Three distinct subtypes included in this family all are produced by enterotoxigenic (by definition) strains of Bacteroides fragilis. |
References | RN [1] RM PMID:10612750 RT A new subtype of the metalloprotease toxin gene and the incidence of the three bft subtypes among Bacteroides fragilis isolates in Japan. RA Kato N, Liu CX, Kato H, Watanabe K, Tanaka Y, Yamamoto T, Suzuki K, Ueno K RL FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2000 Jan 1;182(1):171-6. |