EC 3.4.21.1: Chymotrypsin
Reaction catalysed:
Preferential cleavage: Tyr-|-Xaa, Trp-|-Xaa, Phe-|-Xaa, Leu-|-Xaa.
Systematic name:
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Alternative Name(s):
- Alpha-chymar
- Alpha-chymar ophth
- Alpha-chymotrypsin
- Alpha-chymotrypsin A
- Avazyme
- Chymar
- Chymotest
- Chymotrypsin A
- Chymotrypsin B
- Chymotrypsins A and B
- Enzeon
- Quimar
- Quimotrase
GO terms
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
- regulation of store-operated calcium entry
- negative regulation of calcium ion import
- positive regulation of peptide hormone secretion
- positive regulation of pancreatic juice secretion
- cellular response to peptide hormone stimulus
- regulation of acrosome reaction
- positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation
- sperm capacitation
- response to ethanol
- response to nutrient levels
- negative regulation of nitric oxide mediated signal transduction
- nitric oxide mediated signal transduction
- positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration
- digestion
- proteolysis
Cellular component:
Sequence families
Protein families (Pfam)
InterPro annotations
Structure domains
CATH domains
2.40.10.10
Class:
Mainly Beta
Architecture:
Beta Barrel
Topology:
Thrombin, subunit H
Homology:
Trypsin-like serine proteases
Occurring in:
![The deposited structure of PDB entry <span class='highlight'>1cgj</span> contains 2 copies of CATH domain <span class='highlight'>2.40.10.10 (Thrombin, subunit H)</span> in <span class='highlight'>Chymotrypsinogen A</span>. Showing 2 copies in chain <span class='highlight'>A [auth E]</span>. The deposited structure of PDB entry 1cgj contains 2 copies of CATH domain 2.40.10.10 (Thrombin, subunit H) in Chymotrypsinogen A. Showing 2 copies in chain A [auth E].](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/static/entry/1cgj_1_E_CATH_2.40.10.10_image-200x200.png)