ExplorEnz: EC 3.4.21.118

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3.4.21.118

Accepted name:

kallikrein 8

Reaction:

Cleavage of amide substrates following the basic amino acids Arg or Lys at the P1 position, with a preference for Arg over Lys

Other name(s):

KLK8; PRSS19; human kallikrein 8; hK8; mK8; ovasin; tumor-associated differentially expressed gene 14; TADG-14; NP; neuropsin

Comments:

The enzyme is activated by removal of an N-terminal prepropeptide [2,4]. The highest amidolytic activity is observed using Boc-Val-Pro-Arg┼7-amido-4-methylcoumarin, which is a substrate of α-thrombin [2,4]. Substrates lacking basic amino acids in the P1 position are not cleaved [4]. The enzyme degrades casein, fibronectin, gelatin, collagen type IV, fibrinogen, and high-molecular-mass kininogen [3] and is associated with diseases such as ovarian cancer and Alzheimer’s disease [4]. Belongs in peptidase family S1A.

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 171715-15-4

References:

1.	Chen, Z.L., Yoshida, S., Kato, K., Momota, Y., Suzuki, J., Tanaka, T., Ito, J., Nishino, H., Aimoto, S., Kiyama, H. and Shiosaka, S. Expression and activity-dependent changes of a novel limbic-serine protease gene in the hippocampus. J. Neurosci. 15 (1995) 5088–5097. [PMID: 7623137]
2.	Shimizu, C., Yoshida, S., Shibata, M., Kato, K., Momota, Y., Matsumoto, K., Shiosaka, T., Midorikawa, R., Kamachi, T., Kawabe, A. and Shiosaka, S. Characterization of recombinant and brain neuropsin, a plasticity-related serine protease. J. Biol. Chem. 273 (1998) 11189–11196. [DOI] [PMID: 9556608]
3.	Rajapakse, S., Ogiwara, K., Takano, N., Moriyama, A. and Takahashi, T. Biochemical characterization of human kallikrein 8 and its possible involvement in the degradation of extracellular matrix proteins. FEBS Lett. 579 (2005) 6879–6884. [DOI] [PMID: 16337200]
4.	Kishi, T., Cloutier, S.M., Kündig, C., Deperthes, D. and Diamandis, E.P. Activation and enzymatic characterization of recombinant human kallikrein 8. Biol. Chem. 387 (2006) 723–731. [DOI] [PMID: 16800733]

[EC 3.4.21.118 created 2006]