CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Trypsin-like serine proteases
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.4.21.34
Plasma kallikrein.
based on mapping to UniProt P03952
Cleaves selectively Arg-|-Xaa and Lys-|-Xaa bonds, including Lys-|-Arg and Arg-|-Ser bonds in (human) kininogen to release bradykinin.
-!- Formed from plasma prokallikrein (Fletcher factor) by factor XIIa. -!- Activates coagulation factors XII, VII and plasminogen. -!- Selective for Arg > Lys in P1, in small molecule substrates. -!- Belongs to peptidase family S1. -!- Formerly EC 3.4.4.21 and EC 3.4.21.8.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P03952
KLKB1_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Plasma kallikrein

PDB Structure

PDB 2ANY
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Spodoptera
Primary Citation
Expression, crystallization, and three-dimensional structure of the catalytic domain of human plasma kallikrein.
Tang, J., Yu, C.L., Williams, S.R., Springman, E., Jeffery, D., Sprengeler, P.A., Estevez, A., Sampang, J., Shrader, W., Spencer, J., Young, W., McGrath, M., Katz, B.A.
J.Biol.Chem.