CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Trypsin-like serine proteases
Functional Family Neutrophil elastase

Enzyme Information

3.4.21.37
Leukocyte elastase.
based on mapping to UniProt P08246
Hydrolysis of proteins, including elastin. Preferential cleavage: Val-|-Xaa > Ala-|-Xaa.
-!- Differs from pancreatic elastase in specificity on synthetic substrates and in inhibitor sensitivity. -!- Belongs to peptidase family S1. -!- Formerly EC 3.4.4.7 and EC 3.4.21.11.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P08246
ELNE_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Neutrophil elastase

PDB Structure

PDB 6F5M
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of highly glycosylated human leukocyte elastase in complex with an S2' site binding inhibitor.
Hochscherf, J., Pietsch, M., Tieu, W., Kuan, K., Abell, A.D., Gutschow, M., Niefind, K.
Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun