Crystallographic analysis of a pepstatin analogue binding to the aspartyl proteinase penicillopepsin at 1.8 angstroms resolution
Structure:
Penicillopepsin. Chain: e. Engineered: yes. Inhibitor isovaleryl (iva)-val-val-lysta-o-et (lysta is a lysyl side chain analogue of statin. Chain: i. Engineered: yes. Other_details: transition state mimic inhibitor
M.N.G.James
et al.
(1983).
Crystallographic analysis of a pepstatin analogue binding to the aspartyl proteinase penicillopepsin at 1.8 angstroms resolution.
Peptides: structure and,
1,
521.
Hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity similar to that of pepsin A, preferring hydrophobic residues at P1 and P1', but also cleaving 20-Gly-|-Glu-21 in the B chain of insulin. Clots milk, and activates trypsinogen.