Mutant staphylococcus aureus V8 proteases

摘要

Mutant proteases are obtained with one or more mutation sites in the natural V8 protease protein, and with enzyme activities even in the presence of high urea concentrations. Inactivation of enzyme activity is minimized even in the presence of high concentrations of urea, to thus allow lower amounts of enzyme to be added to urea-containing reaction systems and shorten reaction times. As an additional advantage, the ability to cleave proteins in the presence of high urea concentrations makes it possible to obtain hitherto unobtainable peptide fragments.