PMID- 11980710 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020613 LR - 20181113 IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 1460-2075 (Electronic) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 9 DP - 2002 May 1 TI - Tetrahedral aminopeptidase: a novel large protease complex from archaea. PG - 2132-8 AB - A dodecameric protease complex with a tetrahedral shape (TET) was isolated from Haloarcula marismortui, a salt-loving archaeon. The 42 kDa monomers in the complex are homologous to metal-binding, bacterial aminopeptidases. TET has a broad aminopeptidase activity and can process peptides of up to 30-35 amino acids in length. TET has a central cavity that is accessible through four narrow channels (<17 A wide) and through four wider channels (21 A wide). This architecture is different from that of all the proteolytic complexes described to date that are made up by rings or barrels with a single central channel and only two openings. FAU - Franzetti, B AU - Franzetti B AD - Institut de Biologie Structurale, UMR 5075 CEA-CNRS-UJF, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France. franzetti@ibs.fr FAU - Schoehn, G AU - Schoehn G FAU - Hernandez, J-F AU - Hernandez JF FAU - Jaquinod, M AU - Jaquinod M FAU - Ruigrok, R W H AU - Ruigrok RW FAU - Zaccai, G AU - Zaccai G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (Archaeal Proteins) RN - 0 (Ion Channels) RN - 0 (Macromolecular Substances) RN - 0 (Protein Subunits) RN - EC 3.4.11.- (Aminopeptidases) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Aminopeptidases/*chemistry/physiology MH - Archaeal Proteins/chemistry/physiology MH - Haloarcula marismortui/*chemistry/physiology MH - Ion Channels/chemistry/physiology/ultrastructure MH - Macromolecular Substances MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Protein Structure, Quaternary MH - Protein Subunits MH - Sequence Alignment MH - Substrate Specificity/physiology PMC - PMC125989 EDAT- 2002/05/01 10:00 MHDA- 2002/06/14 10:01 PMCR- 2003/05/01 CRDT- 2002/05/01 10:00 PHST- 2002/05/01 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/06/14 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/05/01 10:00 [entrez] PHST- 2003/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cdf220 [pii] AID - 10.1093/emboj/21.9.2132 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 2002 May 1;21(9):2132-8. doi: 10.1093/emboj/21.9.2132.