LOca-1: A minimal calcium-activated arginyl-specific orthocaspase from the Loki's Castle hydrothermal vent field
Hasan Arsın, Petra Hribovšek, Liam Urich, Anita-Elin Fedøy, Runar Stokke, Paweł Mak, Anna-Karina Kaczorowska, Anthony John O’Donoghue, Tadeusz Kaczorowski, Ida Helene Steen
The paper characterizes LOca-1, a calcium-activated arginyl-specific orthocaspase from Loki's Castle, showing its thermoactivity and structural conservation with plant metacaspases.
bioRxiv · Nov 10, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology