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CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Trypsin-like serine proteases
Functional Family Transmembrane protease serine

Enzyme Information

3.4.21.68
T-plasminogen activator.
based on mapping to UniProt P00750
Specific cleavage of Arg-|-Val bond in plasminogen to form plasmin.
-!- From a wide variety of mammalian tissues, especially endothelial cells. -!- Secreted as a single chain precursor which is cleaved to a two-chain form by plasmin. -!- Activity is considerably enhanced by fibrin. -!- Belongs to peptidase family S1. -!- Formerly EC 3.4.21.31 and EC 3.4.99.26.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P00750
TPA_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Tissue-type plasminogen activator

PDB Structure

PDB 1BDA
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Lysine 156 promotes the anomalous proenzyme activity of tPA: X-ray crystal structure of single-chain human tPA.
Renatus, M., Engh, R.A., Stubbs, M.T., Huber, R., Fischer, S., Kohnert, U., Bode, W.
EMBO J.
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