Crystal structure of an intracellular protease from Pyrococcus horikoshii at 2-A resolution.
Du, X., Choi, I.G., Kim, R., Wang, W., Jancarik, J., Yokota, H., Kim, S.-H.(2000) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97: 14079-14084
- PubMed: 11114201 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.260503597
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1G2I - PubMed Abstract: 
The intracellular protease from Pyrococcus horikoshii (PH1704) and PfpI from Pyrococcus furiosus are members of a class of intracellular proteases that have no sequence homology to any other known protease family. We report the crystal structure of PH1704 at 2.0-A resolution. The protease is tentatively identified as a cysteine protease based on the presence of cysteine (residue 100) in a nucleophile elbow motif. In the crystal, PH1704 forms a hexameric ring structure, and the active sites are formed at the interfaces between three pairs of monomers.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.