CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Cysteine proteinases
Functional Family Papain

Enzyme Information

3.4.22.2
Papain.
based on mapping to UniProt P00784
Hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity for peptide bonds, but preference for an amino acid bearing a large hydrophobic side chain at the P2 position. Does not accept Val in P1'.
-!- From latex of the papaya (Carica papaya). -!- Inhibited by compound E-64 and proteins of the cystatin family. -!- Belongs to peptidase family C1. -!- Formerly EC 3.4.4.10.

UniProtKB Entries (2)

P00784
PAPA1_CARPA
Carica papaya
Papain
P04080
CYTB_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Cystatin-B

PDB Structure

PDB 1STF
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
The refined 2.4 A X-ray crystal structure of recombinant human stefin B in complex with the cysteine proteinase papain: a novel type of proteinase inhibitor interaction.
Stubbs, M.T., Laber, B., Bode, W., Huber, R., Jerala, R., Lenarcic, B., Turk, V.
EMBO J.
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