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. 1998 Mar;180(6):1480–1487. doi: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1480-1487.1998

TABLE 4.

Protein degradation activity of the 20S proteasome from M. thermophila

Substrate Sp acta
β-Casein 31.0
Dephosphorylated β-casein 31.0
Lysozyme 52.0
Bovine serum albumin 2.0
Phosphorylase b 0.1
a

Expressed as nanomoles of leucine equivalents per hour per milligram of protein. The assay (60°C) contained 1.0 mg of substrate/ml and 0.067 mg of the 20S proteasome produced in E. coli per ml.