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Background
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Cysteine protease able to degrade elastin, fibrogen, fibronectin and kininogen. Exhibits a strong preference for substrates where arginine is preceded by a hydrophobic amino acid. Promotes detachment of primary human keratinocytes. Along with other extracellular proteases is involved in colonization and infection of human tissues
Synonyms: Staphylococcal cysteine proteinase B Staphylopain B sspB SAV1047
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