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 1EST
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
The atomic structure of crystalline porcine pancreatic elastase at 2.5 A resolution: comparisons with the structure of alpha-chymotrypsin.
Sawyer, L., Shotton, D.M., Campbell, J.W., Wendell, P.L., Muirhead, H., Watson, H.C., Diamond, R., Ladner, R.C.
J.Mol.Biol.