Protein
Submandibular glandular kallikrein-9
Organism
Rattus norvegicus
Function
Glandular kallikreins cleave Met-Lys and Arg-Ser bonds in kininogen to release Lys-bradykinin. This enzyme has a vasoconstrictor activity. KLK-9 has both a chymotrypsin-like and a trypsin-like properties.
Similarity
Belongs to the peptidase S1 family. Kallikrein subfamily.
Sequence
MWFLILFLALSLGQIDAAPPGQSRVVGGYNCETNSQPWQVAVIGTTFCGGVLIDPSWVITAAHCYSKNYRVLLGRNNLVKDEPFAQRRLVSQSFQHPDYIPVFMRNHTRQRAYDHNNDLMLLHLSKPADITGGVKVIDLPTEEPKVGSICLASGWGMTNPSEMKLSHDLQCVNIHLLSNEKCIETYKNIETDVTLCAGEMDGGKDTCTGDSGGPLICDGVLQGLTSGGATPCAKPKTPAIYAKLIKFTSWIKKVMKENP