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A protease of the primary pathogen (Pseudoalteromonas agarivorans NW4327) of the disease affecting the Great Barrier Reef sponge Rhopaloeides odorabile was purified. Zymography demonstrated calcium-dependent collagenase and gelatinase activity of the purified protein. This metalloprotease was identified by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrophotometry as a 52,509 Da U32 collagenase. Predicted tertiary structure of U32 collagenase (by Phyre2 fold recognition server) demonstrated 13% identity with known hydrolases establishing novelty of the enzyme. Molecular docking conceived two interacting loops of the collagenase that bound with collagen triple helices and two calcium ions remained centered between the loops. According to ConSurf multiple sequence alignment, the residues of loop1 of the collagenase were mostly conserved while variations among residues of loop2 were comparatively higher than loop1. Asp262, Glu263 of loop1 and Thr363, Lys364, Gln365 of loop2 participated in the interaction with Ca and collagen. Root mean square deviation and root mean square fluctuation values signified higher stability of the collagen-Ca-collagenase complex and greater structural stability of the residues of the loops in the complex compared to apocollagenase. Observed properties of NW4327 U32 collagenase and its interaction with collagen were different from similar enzymes of thermophilic bacteria and terrestrial pathogens.
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