Function and Biology

Yeast 20S proteasome with human beta5i (1-138) and human beta6 (97-111; 118-133) in complex with carfilzomib

EC 3.4.25.1: Proteasome endopeptidase complex

Reaction catalysed:
Cleavage of peptide bonds with very broad specificity.
Alternative Name(s):
  • 26S protease
  • Alkaline protease
  • Ingensin
  • Large multicatalytic protease
  • Lens neutral proteinase
  • MCP
  • Macropain
  • Multicatalytic endopeptidase complex
  • Multicatalytic proteinase
  • Multicatalytic proteinase (complex)
  • Prosome
  • Proteasome
  • Proteasome organelle
  • Tricorn protease
  • Tricorn proteinase

GO terms

Biochemical function:
Biological process:
Cellular component:

Sequence families

Pfam Protein families (Pfam)
InterPro InterPro annotations
IPR000243
IPR016295
Domain description: Proteasome subunit beta 4
Occurring in:
  1. Proteasome subunit beta type-7
IPR035206
Domain description: Proteasome subunit beta 2
Occurring in:
  1. Proteasome subunit beta type-4
IPR033811
Domain description: Proteasome beta 3 subunit
Occurring in:
  1. Proteasome subunit beta type-3
IPR024689
Domain description: Proteasome beta subunit, C-terminal
Occurring in:
  1. Proteasome subunit beta type-2
IPR034642
Domain description: Proteasome subunit alpha6
Occurring in:
  1. Proteasome subunit alpha type-1
IPR033812
Domain description: Proteasome subunit alpha5
Occurring in:
  1. Proteasome subunit alpha type-5

Structure domain