1m6d
From Proteopedia
Crystal structure of human cathepsin F
Overview
Cathepsin F is a lysosomal cysteine protease of the papain family, and likely plays a regulatory role in processing the invariant chain that is associated with the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II. Evidence suggests that inhibiting cathepsin F activity will block MHC class II processing in macrophages. Consequently, inhibitors of this enzyme may be useful in treating certain diseases that involve an inappropriate or excessive immune response. We have determined the 1.7A structure of the mature domain of human cathepsin F associated with an irreversible vinyl sulfone inhibitor. This structure provides a basis for understanding cathepsin F's substrate specificity, and suggests ways of identifying potent and selective inhibitors of this enzyme.
About this Structure
1M6D is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
The crystal structure of human cathepsin F and its implications for the development of novel immunomodulators., Somoza JR, Palmer JT, Ho JD, J Mol Biol. 2002 Sep 20;322(3):559-68. PMID:12225749 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 00:41:23 2008
