CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Trypsin-like serine proteases
Functional Family Complement factor D

Enzyme Information

3.4.21.39
Chymase.
based on mapping to UniProt P23946
Preferential cleavage: Phe-|-Xaa > Tyr-|-Xaa > Trp-|-Xaa > Leu-|-Xaa.
-!- In mast cell granules. -!- Belongs to peptidase family S1.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P23946
CMA1_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Chymase

PDB Structure

PDB 1PJP
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Spodoptera
Primary Citation
The 2.2 A crystal structure of human chymase in complex with succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-chloromethylketone: structural explanation for its dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase specificity.
Pereira, P.J., Wang, Z.M., Rubin, H., Huber, R., Bode, W., Schechter, N.M., Strobl, S.
J.Mol.Biol.