CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Trypsin-like serine proteases
Functional Family Prothrombin

Enzyme Information

3.4.21.5
Thrombin.
based on mapping to UniProt P00734
Selective cleavage of Arg-|-Gly bonds in fibrinogen to form fibrin and release fibrinopeptides A and B.
-!- More selective than trypsin and plasmin. -!- Belongs to peptidase family S1. -!- Formerly EC 3.4.4.13.

UniProtKB Entries (2)

P00734
THRB_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Prothrombin
P28504
HIR2_HIRME
Hirudo medicinalis
Hirudin-2

PDB Structure

PDB 1VR1
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
The variable region-1 from tissue-type plasminogen activator confers specificity for plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 to thrombin by facilitating catalysis: release of a kinetic block by a heterologous protein surface loop
Dekker, R.J., Eichinger, A., Stoop, A.A., Bode, W., Pannekoek, H., Horrevoets, A.J.G.
J.Mol.Biol.