DB code: S00295

RLCP classification 1.13.30000.9 : Hydrolysis
CATH domain 3.40.50.200 : Rossmann fold Catalytic domain
E.C. 3.4.21.64
CSA
M-CSA
MACiE

CATH domain Related DB codes (homologues)
3.40.50.200 : Rossmann fold S00296 D00219 S00519

Uniprot Enzyme Name
UniprotKB Protein name Synonyms MEROPS Pfam
P06873 Proteinase K
EC 3.4.21.64
Tritirachium alkaline proteinase
Endopeptidase K
S08.054 (Serine)
PF05922 (Inhibitor_I9)
PF00082 (Peptidase_S8)
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KEGG enzyme name
peptidase K
Tritirachium alkaline proteinase
Tritirachium album serine proteinase
proteinase K
Tritirachium album proteinase K
endopeptidase K

UniprotKB: Accession Number Entry name Activity Subunit Subcellular location Cofactor
P06873 PRTK_TRIAL Hydrolysis of keratin, and of other proteins with subtilisin-like specificity. Hydrolyzes peptide amides. Binds 2 calcium ions per subunit.

KEGG Pathways
Map code Pathways E.C.

Compound table
Substrates Products Intermediates
KEGG-id C00017 C00012 C00001 C00017 C00012 I00087 I00085 I00086
E.C.
Compound Protein Peptide H2O Protein Peptide Peptidyl-tetrahedral intermediate Acyl-enzyme Tetrahedral intermediate
Type peptide/protein peptide/protein H2O peptide/protein peptide/protein
ChEBI 15377
15377
PubChem 22247451
962
22247451
962
1bjrE Unbound Bound:VAL-ALA-GLN-GLY-GLY-ALA-ALA-GLY-LEU-ALA Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1egqA Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1ic6A Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1pekE Unbound Unbound Bound:PRO-ALA-PRO-PHE (chain C) Bound:ALA-ALA (chain D) Unbound Unbound Unbound
1ptkA Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
2pkcA Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
2prkA Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
3prkE Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Transition-state-analogue:MSU-ALA-ALA-PRO-ALA-CH2

Reference for Active-site residues
resource references E.C.
Swiss-prot;P06873 & PDB;1pek, 1ptk

Active-site residues
PDB Catalytic residues Cofactor-binding residues Modified residues Main-chain involved in catalysis Comment
1bjrE ASP 39;HIS 69;ASN 161;THR 223;SER 224 SER 224
1egqA ASP 39;HIS 69;ASN 161;THR 223;SER 224 SER 224
1ic6A ASP 39;HIS 69;ASN 161;THR 223;SER 224 SER 224
1pekE ASP 39;HIS 69;ASN 161;THR 223;SER 224 SER 224
1ptkA ASP 39;HIS 69;ASN 161;THR 223;SER 224 SER 224
2pkcA ASP 39;HIS 69;ASN 161;THR 223;SER 224 SER 224
2prkA ASP 39;HIS 69;ASN 161;THR 223;SER 224 SER 224
3prkE ASP 39;HIS 69;ASN 161;THR 223;SER 224 SER 224

References for Catalytic Mechanism
References Sections No. of steps in catalysis
[3]
Fig.8, p.164-168 3

References
[1]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography
Medline ID 84261419
PubMed ID 6378621
Journal EMBO J
Year 1984
Volume 3
Pages 1311-4
Authors Paehler A, Banerjee A, Dattagupta JK, Fujiwara T, Lindner K, Pal GP, Suck D, Weber G, Saenger W
Title Three-dimensional structure of fungal proteinase K reveals similarity to bacterial subtilisin.
Related PDB
Related UniProtKB P06873
[2]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography (1.5 Angstroms)
Medline ID
PubMed ID 3271105
Journal Acta Crystallogr B
Year 1988
Volume 44
Pages 163-72
Authors Betzel C, Pal GP, Saenger W
Title Synchrotron X-ray data collection and restrained least-squares refinement of the crystal structure of proteinase K at 1.5 A resolution.
Related PDB 2prk
Related UniProtKB
[3]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography (1.5 Angstroms)
Medline ID
PubMed ID 3203685
Journal Eur J Biochem
Year 1988
Volume 178
Pages 155-71
Authors Betzel C, Pal GP, Saenger W
Title Three-dimensional structure of proteinase K at 0.15-nm resolution.
Related PDB 1ptk
Related UniProtKB
[4]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography (2.2 Angstroms)
Medline ID
PubMed ID 1894649
Journal J Biol Chem
Year 1991
Volume 266
Pages 17695-9
Authors Wolf WM, Bajorath J, Muller A, Raghunathan S, Singh TP, Hinrichs W, Saenger W
Title Inhibition of proteinase K by methoxysuccinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Ala-chloromethyl ketone. An x-ray study at 2.2-A resolution.
Related PDB 3prkE
Related UniProtKB
[5]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography (2.2 Angstroms)
Medline ID
PubMed ID 8340410
Journal J Biol Chem
Year 1993
Volume 268
Pages 15854-8
Authors Betzel C, Singh TP, Visanji M, Peters K, Fittkau S, Saenger W, Wilson KS
Title Structure of the complex of proteinase K with a substrate analogue hexapeptide inhibitor at 2.2-A resolution.
Related PDB 1pekE
Related UniProtKB
[6]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography (1.5 Angstroms)
Medline ID
PubMed ID 8083213
Journal J Biol Chem
Year 1994
Volume 269
Pages 23108-11
Authors Muller A, Hinrichs W, Wolf WM, Saenger W
Title Crystal structure of calcium-free proteinase K at 1.5-A resolution.
Related PDB 2pkc
Related UniProtKB P06873
[7]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography (2.44 Angstroms)
Medline ID 98412873
PubMed ID 9741842
Journal Proteins
Year 1998
Volume 33
Pages 30-8
Authors Singh TP, Sharma S, Karthikeyan S, Betzel C, Bhatia KL
Title Crystal structure of a complex formed between proteolytically-generated lactoferrin fragment and proteinase K.
Related PDB 1bjrE
Related UniProtKB P06873
[8]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography (2.2 Angstroms)
Medline ID
PubMed ID 10737944
Journal Proteins
Year 2000
Volume 39
Pages 226-34
Authors Gupta MN, Tyagi R, Sharma S, Karthikeyan S, Singh TP
Title Enhancement of catalytic efficiency of enzymes through exposure to anhydrous organic solvent at 70 degrees C. Three-dimensional structure of a treated serine proteinase at 2.2 A resolution.
Related PDB 1cnm
Related UniProtKB
[9]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography (0.98 Angstroms)
Medline ID
PubMed ID 11258922
Journal Biochemistry
Year 2001
Volume 40
Pages 3080-8
Authors Betzel C, Gourinath S, Kumar P, Kaur P, Perbandt M, Eschenburg S, Singh TP
Title Structure of a serine protease proteinase K from Tritirachium album limber at 0.98 A resolution.
Related PDB 1ic6A
Related UniProtKB
[10]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography, catalysis
Medline ID
PubMed ID 11563328
Journal Indian J Biochem Biophys
Year 2001
Volume 38
Pages 34-41
Authors Sharma S, Tyagi R, Gupta MN, Singh TP
Title Enhancement of catalytic activity of enzymes by heating in anhydrous organic solvents: 3D structure of a modified serine proteinase at high resolution.
Related PDB
Related UniProtKB
[11]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography (1.5 Angstroms)
Medline ID
PubMed ID 11438752
Journal Protein Eng
Year 2001
Volume 14
Pages 307-13
Authors Singh RK, Gourinath S, Sharma S, Roy I, Gupta MN, Betzel C, Srinivasan A, Singh TP
Title Enhancement of enzyme activity through three-phase partitioning: crystal structure of a modified serine proteinase at 1.5 A resolution.
Related PDB 1egq
Related UniProtKB

Comments
This enzyme belongs to the peptidase family-S8.
This enzyme, protenase K, also has a catalytic triad (Asp/His/Ser), which is the same as those of other serine proteases, such as chymotrypsin, trypsin and subtilisin.
The paper [3] proposed a possible catalytic mechanism for this proteinase K, as follows:
In the catalytic center, the oxyanion hole is occupied by a water molecule, and the substrate-recognition site is close to the center. A substrate peptide enters the active site, is attacked by the sidechain of Ser224 and the negative charge of the resulting tetrahedral hemiketal transition sate is stabilized by hydrogen-bond formation in the oxyanion hole. The leaving group of R-NH2 (product 1) leaves the active site and the acyl-enzyme formed is hydrolysed by a water molecule. The product-2 formed diffuses out of the substrate-recognition site and the oxyanion hole is filled by another water molecule [3].
However, in contrast to other trypsin-like serine proteases, the oxyanion hole is composed of sidechains of Asn161 and Thr223, as well as mainchain amide of Ser224, as in subtilisin (D00219 in EzCatDB).

Created Updated
2002-07-01 2011-02-21