CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Neutral Protease Domain 2
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.4.24.27
Thermolysin.
based on mapping to UniProt P43133
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 (2)

P43133
THER_GEOSE
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Thermolysin
P84908
DAIP_STRMB
Streptomyces mobaraensis
Dispase autolysis-inducing protein

PDB Structure

PDB 6FHP
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Destructive twisting of neutral metalloproteases: the catalysis mechanism of the Dispase autolysis-inducing protein from Streptomyces mobaraensis DSM 40487.
Fiebig, D., Storka, J., Roeder, M., Meyners, C., Schmelz, S., Blankenfeldt, W., Scrima, A., Kolmar, H., Fuchsbauer, H.L.
FEBS J.