Papin is a member of the thiol protease family, which is a large, well-studied group with a well-known \"catalytic triad\" motif in which a cysteine acts as the catalytic nucleophile, activated by His and Asn. Papin catalyses the hydrolysis of proteins with broad specificity for peptide bonds, but shows a marked preference for an amino acid bearing a large hydrophobic side chain at the P2 position and does not accept Val in P1'.
Defined by 4 residues: GLN:A-19CYS:A-25HIS:A-159ASN:A-175