CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Neutral Protease Domain 2
Functional Family Thermolysin

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 (1)

P43133
THER_GEOSE
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Thermolysin

PDB Structure

PDB 5WR4
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Protein-ligand complex structure from serial femtosecond crystallography using soaked thermolysin microcrystals and comparison with structures from synchrotron radiation
Naitow, H., Matsuura, Y., Tono, K., Joti, Y., Kameshima, T., Hatsui, T., Yabashi, M., Tanaka, R., Tanaka, T., Sugahara, M., Kobayashi, J., Nango, E., Iwata, S., Kunishima, N.
Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol