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X-ray diffraction
2.5Å resolution

Crystal structure of the complex of caspase-3 with a phenyl-propyl-ketone inhibitor

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Function and Biology Details

Reaction catalysed:
Strict requirement for an Asp residue at positions P1 and P4. It has a preferred cleavage sequence of Asp-Xaa-Xaa-Asp-|- with a hydrophobic amino-acid residue at P2 and a hydrophilic amino-acid residue at P3, although Val or Ala are also accepted at this position
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
Cellular component:
  • not assigned

Structure analysis Details

Assemblies composition:
hetero hexamer (preferred)
hetero tetramer
PDBe Complex ID:
PDB-CPX-154729 (preferred)
Entry contents:
3 distinct polypeptide molecules
Macromolecules (3 distinct):
Caspase-3 subunit p17 Chain: A
Molecule details ›
Chain: A
Length: 147 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 16.64 KDa
Source organism: Homo sapiens
Expression system: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
UniProt:
  • Canonical: P42574 (Residues: 29-175; Coverage: 53%)
Gene names: CASP3, CPP32
Sequence domains: Caspase domain
Structure domains: Rossmann fold
Caspase-3 subunit p12 Chain: B
Molecule details ›
Chain: B
Length: 102 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 11.91 KDa
Source organism: Homo sapiens
Expression system: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
UniProt:
  • Canonical: P42574 (Residues: 176-277; Coverage: 37%)
Gene names: CASP3, CPP32
Sequence domains: Caspase domain
Structure domains: Caspase-like
acetyl-asp-glu-val-fpr Chain: C
Molecule details ›
Chain: C
Length: 5 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 605 Da

Ligands and Environments

No bound ligands
No modified residues

Experiments and Validation Details

Entry percentile scores
X-ray source: RIGAKU RU200
Spacegroup: I222
Unit cell:
a: 69.94Å b: 84.66Å c: 96.82Å
α: 90° β: 90° γ: 90°
R-values:
R R work R free
0.19 0.19 0.241
Expression system: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)