Help!] Amidase <-> Serine Proteinase

[Hyunmin Kim]

((((I have no idea about biochemistry..Please help me...))))

I have sequenced a gene(called magA).

1. I found that the gene(magA) encodes a protein which has an amidase or
endopeptidase actiivty.

2. Homology searching in GenBank shown me that the gene(magA) has best
identity(70-80%) with
    lots of serine proteinases.

             Based on above two results, What Can I Predict the Gene was
coding for?

Can I tell   the gene(magA) is 1..amidase ??
                                                2.. proteinase??
                                                3..or something new(that
has both amidase and proteinase activity)??


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Hyunmin Kim
Laboratory of Microbiology
Department of Biology
College of Natural Science
Hanyang Univ.

Haengdang-dong 17
Seoul, South Korea

E-mail: vurk at hymail.hanyang.ac.kr
Fax   : 082-02-293-3590

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