CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Neutral Protease Domain 2
Functional Family Thermolysin

Enzyme Information

3.4.24.27
Thermolysin.
based on mapping to UniProt P00800
Preferential cleavage: Xaa-|-Leu > Xaa-|-Phe.
-!- A thermostable extracellular metalloendopeptidase containing four calcium ions. -!- Enzymes that may be species variants of thermolysin are reported from Micrococcus caseolyticus and Aspergillus oryzae. -!- Closely related but distinct enzymes are aeromonolysin, pseudolysin, bacillolysin, aureolysin and mycolysin. -!- Belongs to peptidase family M4. -!- Formerly EC 3.4.24.4.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P00800
THER_BACTH
Bacillus thermoproteolyticus
Thermolysin

PDB Structure

PDB 3TMN
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
The binding of L-valyl-L-tryptophan to crystalline thermolysin illustrates the mode of interaction of a product of peptide hydrolysis.
Holden, H.M., Matthews, B.W.
J.Biol.Chem.