Literature summary extracted from
Barbosa da Silva, E.; Dall, E.; Briza, P.; Brandstetter, H.; Ferreira, R.S.
Cruzain structures apocruzain and cruzain bound to S-methyl thiomethanesulfonate and implications for drug design (2019), Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F, 75, 419-427 .
Cloned(Commentary)
EC Number |
Cloned (Comment) |
Organism |
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3.4.22.51 |
- |
Trypanosoma cruzi |
Crystallization (Commentary)
EC Number |
Crystallization (Comment) |
Organism |
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3.4.22.51 |
cruzain crystals diffract to 1.2 A resolution, yielding two novel cruzain structures: apocruzain and cruzain bound to the reversible covalent inhibitor S-methyl thiomethanesulfonate. Mass-spectrometric experiments confirm the presence of a methylthiol group attached to the catalytic cysteine |
Trypanosoma cruzi |
Inhibitors
EC Number |
Inhibitors |
Comment |
Organism |
Structure |
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3.4.22.51 |
S-methyl thiomethanesulfonate |
- |
Trypanosoma cruzi |
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Organism
EC Number |
Organism |
UniProt |
Comment |
Textmining |
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3.4.22.51 |
Trypanosoma cruzi |
P25779 |
- |
- |
Purification (Commentary)
EC Number |
Purification (Comment) |
Organism |
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3.4.22.51 |
- |
Trypanosoma cruzi |
General Information
EC Number |
General Information |
Comment |
Organism |
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3.4.22.51 |
physiological function |
cruzain is the major cysteine protease involved in the survival of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi |
Trypanosoma cruzi |