Protease category | Microbial proteases | Examples of pathogens |
---|---|---|
Aspartic | Type 4 prepilin peptidase | Enterohaemorrhagic escherichia coli |
Preflagellin | Archaeal bacteria | |
Cysteine | Sortases | Enterococcus faecalis |
Gingipains | Porphyromonas gingivalis | |
Staphopain | Staphylococcus aureus | |
Serine | Subtilisin | Clostridium difficile |
Elastase | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | |
Metalloproteinases | Fragilysin | Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis |
Gelatinase | E. faecalis | |
Elastase | P. aeruginosa, Helicobacter pylori | |
Collagenase | Salmonella typhimurium |