Protein Domain : IPR008760

Type:  Family Name:  Equine arteritis virus peptidase S32
Description:  Proteolytic enzymes that exploit serine in their catalytic activity are ubiquitous, being found in viruses, bacteria and eukaryotes []. They include a wide range of peptidase activity, including exopeptidase, endopeptidase, oligopeptidase and omega-peptidase activity. Many families of serine protease have been identified, these being grouped into clans on the basis of structural similarity and other functional evidence []. Structures are known for members of the clans and the structures indicate that some appear to be totally unrelated, suggesting different evolutionary origins for the serine peptidases [].Not withstanding their different evolutionary origins, there are similarities in the reaction mechanisms of several peptidases. Chymotrypsin, subtilisin and carboxypeptidase C have a catalytic triad of serine, aspartate and histidine in common: serine acts as a nucleophile, aspartate as an electrophile, and histidine as a base []. The geometric orientations of the catalytic residues are similar between families, despite different protein folds []. The linear arrangements of the catalytic residues commonly reflect clan relationships. For example the catalytic triad in the chymotrypsin clan (PA) is ordered HDS, but is ordered DHS in the subtilisin clan (SB) and SDH in the carboxypeptidase clan (SC) [, ].This group of serine peptidases belong to MEROPS peptidase family S32 (clan PA(S)). The type example is equine arteritis virus serine endopeptidase (equine arteritis virus), which is involved in processing of nidovirus polyproteins []. Short Name:  EAV_peptidase_S32

0 Child Features

1 Contains

DB identifier Type Name
IPR009003 Domain Peptidase S1, PA clan

1 Cross References

Identifier
PF05579

0 Found In

3 GO Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0004252 IPR008760
GO:0016032 IPR008760
GO:0019082 IPR008760

3 Ontology Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0004252 IPR008760
GO:0016032 IPR008760
GO:0019082 IPR008760

0 Parent Features

0 Proteins

3 Publications

First Author Title Year Journal Volume Pages PubMed ID
            8439290
            7845208
            10725411