Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase was found to be a typical metallo-neutral proteinase. 1) The enzyme behaved with the same pattern in affinity chromatography with Sepharose-ε-aminocaproyl--d-phenylalanine methyl ester as the other neutral proteinases. 2) It contained 0.9 atom Zn per molecule. 3) It showed its specificity against aromatic or hydrophobic amino acid residues at the amino-side of the splitting point.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Morihara et al. (1975) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 10 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: