| Primary Identifier | IPR034006 | Type | Family |
| Short Name | M3B_PepF_2 |
| description | Oligopeptidase F (PepF; Pz-peptidase B; MEROPS identifier M03.010) is mostly bacterial and includes oligoendopeptidase F from Lactococcus lactis. This enzyme hydrolyzes peptides containing between 7 and 17 amino acids with fairly broad specificity. The PepF gene is duplicated in L. lactis on the plasmid that bears it, while a shortened second copy is found in Bacillus subtilis. Most bacterial PepFs are cytoplasmic endopeptidases; however, the PepF Bacillus amyloliquefaciens oligopeptidase is a secreted protein and may facilitate the process of sporulation []. Specifically, the yjbG gene encoding the homologue of the PepF1 and PepF2 oligoendopeptidases of Lactococcus lactis has been identified in Bacillus subtilis as an inhibitor of sporulation initiation when over expressed from a multicopy plasmid []. |
