Catlytic type: Serine; hydrolyzes the N-blocked p-nitrophenyl esters of Gly, Ala, Phe, Val, Leu and Trp; prefers hydrophobic amino acids on either side of the scissile bond and will not cleave a peptide containing fewer than six amino acids; destruction of cleaved signal pepides in the periplasmic space
Endopeptidases