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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
The X-ray crystal structures of two zinc endopeptidases, astacin from crayfish, and adamalysin II from snake venom, reveal a strong overall topological equivalence and virtually identical extended HEXXHXXGXXH zinc-binding segments, but in addition a methionine-containing turn of similar conformation (the 'Met-turn'), which forms a hydrophobic basis for the zinc ion and the three liganding histidine residues. These two features are also present in a similar arrangement in the matrix metalloproteinases (matrixins) and in the large bacterial Serratia proteinase-like peptidases (serralysins). We suggest that these four proteinases represent members of distinct subfamilies which can be grouped together in a family, for which we propose the designation, metzincins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
331
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
134-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Astacins, serralysins, snake venom and matrix metalloproteinases exhibit identical zinc-binding environments (HEXXHXXGXXH and Met-turn) and topologies and should be grouped into a common family, the 'metzincins'.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Abteilung für Strukturforschung, Martinsried (bei München), Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't