CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 3.10.170.10
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.4.24.27
Thermolysin.
based on mapping to UniProt P43133
Preferential cleavage: Xaa-|-Leu > Xaa-|-Phe.
-!- A thermostable extracellular metalloendopeptidase containing four calcium ions. -!- Enzymes that may be species variants of thermolysin are reported from Micrococcus caseolyticus and Aspergillus oryzae. -!- Closely related but distinct enzymes are aeromonolysin, pseudolysin, bacillolysin, aureolysin and mycolysin. -!- Belongs to peptidase family M4. -!- Formerly EC 3.4.24.4.

UniProtKB Entries (2)

P43133
THER_GEOSE
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Thermolysin
P05067
A4_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Amyloid-beta precursor protein

PDB Structure

PDB 5ONQ
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Alzheimer's A beta1-40peptide degradation by thermolysin: evidence of inhibition by a C-terminal A beta product.
Leite, J.P., Gales, L.
FEBS Lett.