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. 2000 Sep;7(9):762-5.
doi: 10.1038/78992.

The structure of the pro-apoptotic protease granzyme B reveals the molecular determinants of its specificity

S M Waugh  1 , J L Harris, R Fletterick, C S Craik
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The structure of the pro-apoptotic protease granzyme B reveals the molecular determinants of its specificity

S M Waugh et al. Nat Struct Biol. 2000 Sep.

Abstract

Granzyme B is a serine protease of the chymotrypsin fold that mediates cell death by cytotoxic lymphocytes. It is a processing enzyme, requiring extended peptide substrates containing an Asp residue. The determinants that allow for this substrate specificity are revealed in the three-dimensional structure of granzyme B in complex with a macromolecular inhibitor. The primary specificity for Asp occurs through a side-on interaction with Arg 226, a buried Arg side chain of granzyme B. An additional nine amino acids make contact with the substrate and define the granzyme B extended substrate specificity profile. The substrate determinants found in this structure are shared by other members of this protein class and help to reveal the properties that define substrate specificity.

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