CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Trypsin-like serine proteases
Functional Family Chymotrypsin-like elastase family member 1

Enzyme Information

3.4.21.36
Pancreatic elastase.
based on mapping to UniProt P00772
Hydrolysis of proteins, including elastin. Preferential cleavage: Ala-|-Xaa.
-!- Formed by activation of proelastase from mammalian pancreas by trypsin. -!- Belongs to peptidase family S1. -!- Formerly EC 3.4.4.7 and EC 3.4.21.11.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P00772
CELA1_PIG
Sus scrofa
Chymotrypsin-like elastase family member 1

PDB Structure

PDB 1ESA
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Direct structural observation of an acyl-enzyme intermediate in the hydrolysis of an ester substrate by elastase.
Ding, X., Rasmussen, B.F., Petsko, G.A., Ringe, D.
Biochemistry