CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Trypsin-like serine proteases
Functional Family Kallikrein 8 (Neuropsin/ovasin)

Enzyme Information

3.4.21.118
Kallikrein 8.
based on mapping to UniProt O60259
Cleavage of amide substrates following the basic amino acids Arg or Lys at the P1 position, with a preference for Arg over Lys.
-!- Activated by removal of an N-terminal prepropeptide. -!- The highest amidolytic activity is observed using Boc-Val-Pro- Arg-|-7-amido-4-methylcoumarin, which is a substrate of alpha- thrombin. -!- Substrates lacking basic amino acids in the P1 position are not cleaved. -!- Degrades casein, fibronectin, gelatin, collagen type IV, fibrinogen, and high-molecular-mass kininogen and is associated with diseases such as ovarian cancer and Alzheimer's disease. -!- Belongs to peptidase family S1A.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

O60259
KLK8_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Kallikrein-8

PDB Structure

PDB 5MS3
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Specificity profiles and antagonistic Ca2+ and Zn2+ regulation of human KLK8/neuropsin activity by modules identified in crystal structures
Debela, M., Magdolen, V., Skala, W., Craik, C.S., Schneider, E.L., Biniossek, M.L., Schilling, O., Elsaesser, B., Bode, W., Brandstetter, H., Goettig, P.
To Be Published
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