CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Trypsin-like serine proteases
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.4.21.12
Alpha-lytic endopeptidase.
based on mapping to UniProt P00778
Preferential cleavage: Ala-|-Xaa, Val-|-Xaa in bacterial cell walls, elastin and other proteins.
-!- Belongs to peptidase family S1E.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P00778
PRLA_LYSEN
Lysobacter enzymogenes
Alpha-lytic protease

PDB Structure

PDB 1SSX
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
The 0.83A Resolution Crystal Structure of alpha-Lytic Protease Reveals the Detailed Structure of the Active Site and Identifies a Source of Conformational Strain.
Fuhrmann, C.N., Kelch, B.A., Ota, N., Agard, D.A.
J.Mol.Biol.
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