CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Trypsin-like serine proteases
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.4.21.32
Brachyurin.
based on mapping to UniProt P00771
Hydrolysis of proteins, with broad specificity for peptide bonds. Native collagen is cleaved about 75% of the length of the molecule from the N-terminus. Low activity on small molecule substrates of both trypsin and chymotrypsin.
-!- From hepatopancreas of the fiddler crab (Uca pugilator). -!- Other serine endopeptidases that degrade collagen, but are not listed separately here, include a second endopeptidase from U.pugilator, digestive enzymes from other decapod crustacea, and an enzyme from the fungus Entomophthora coronata. -!- Belongs to peptidase family S1.

UniProtKB Entries (2)

P23827
ECOT_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
Ecotin
P00771
COGS_LEPPG
Leptuca pugilator
Brachyurin

PDB Structure

PDB 1AZZ
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of an ecotin-collagenase complex suggests a model for recognition and cleavage of the collagen triple helix.
Perona, J.J., Tsu, C.A., Craik, C.S., Fletterick, R.J.
Biochemistry