page_title: Anthrax lethal factor endopeptidase
hierarchical_section_title: Anthrax lethal factor endopeptidase
caption_attribution_description: English: Crystal Structure of Anthrax Lethal Factor complexed with (3-(N-hydroxycarboxamido)-2-isobutylpropanoyl-Trp-methylamide), a known small molecule inhibitor of matrix metalloproteases based on 1PWU PDB coordinates.
context_page_description: Anthrax lethal factor endopeptidase is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases. This enzyme is a component of the lethal factor produced by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The preferred cleavage site can be denoted by BBBBxHxH, in which B denotes a basic amino acid Arg or Lys, H denotes a hydrophobic amino acid, and x is any amino acid.
context_section_description: Anthrax lethal factor endopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.83, lethal toxin) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases.  This enzyme is a component of the lethal factor produced by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The preferred cleavage site can be denoted by BBBBxHxH, in which B denotes a basic amino acid Arg or Lys, H denotes a hydrophobic amino acid, and x is any amino acid.
caption: Crystallographic structure of anthrax lethal factor (rainbow colored cartoon, N-terminus = blue, C-terminus = red) complexed with the inhibitor GM6001 (space-filling model, carbon = white, oxygen = red, nitrogen = blue).[1]
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