CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Herpesvirus/Caudovirus protease domain
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.4.21.97
Assemblin.
based on mapping to UniProt P16753
Cleaves -Ala-|-Ser- and -Ala-|-Ala- bonds in the scaffold protein.
-!- Involved in the breakdown of the scaffold protein during the late stages of assembly of the herpes-virus virion. -!- Inhibited by diisopropyl fluorophosphate. -!- Belongs to peptidase family S21.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P16753
SCAF_HCMVA
Human herpesvirus 5 strain AD169
Capsid scaffolding protein

PDB Structure

PDB 1LAY
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Unique fold and active site in cytomegalovirus protease.
Qiu, X., Culp, J.S., DiLella, A.G., Hellmig, B., Hoog, S.S., Janson, C.A., Smith, W.W., Abdel-Meguid, S.S.
Nature