Biology:Anthrax lethal factor endopeptidase

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Anthrax lethal factor endopeptidase
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Crystallographic structure of anthrax lethal factor (rainbow colored cartoon, N-terminus = blue, C-terminus = red) complexed with the inhibitor GM6001 (space-filling model, carbon = white, oxygen = red, nitrogen = blue).[1]
Identifiers
EC number3.4.24.83
CAS number477950-41-7
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Anthrax lethal factor endopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.83, lethal toxin) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases. This enzyme is a component of the lethal factor produced by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The preferred cleavage site can be denoted by BBBBxHxH, in which B denotes a basic amino acid Arg or Lys, H denotes a hydrophobic amino acid, and x is any amino acid.[2]

References

  1. PDB: 1PWU​; "The structural basis for substrate and inhibitor selectivity of the anthrax lethal factor". Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 11 (1): 60–6. January 2004. doi:10.1038/nsmb708. PMID 14718924. 
  2. "Crystal structure of the anthrax lethal factor". Nature 414 (6860): 229–33. November 2001. doi:10.1038/n35101998. PMID 11700563. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62772/1/414229a0.pdf.