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<StructureSection load='2a7g'  size='400' side='right' scene= caption='Thermolysin complex with acetate, DMS, Zn+2 (grey) and Ca+2 (green) ions, [[2a7g]]'>
<StructureSection load='2a7g'  size='400' side='right' scene= caption='Thermolysin complex with acetate, DMS, Zn+2 (grey) and Ca+2 (green) ions, [[2a7g]]'>
[[Image:2a7g.png|left|200px|thumb|Crystal Structure of Thermolysin [[2a7g]]]]


[[Thermolysin]] (TML) is a thermostable metalloproteinase enzyme from ''Bacillus thermoproteolyticus''.  It catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptide bonds  containing hydrophobic residues. The images at the left and at the right correspond to one representative Thermolysin ([[2a7g]]). Thermolysin is a well researched [[metalloproteases|metalloprotease]] containing <scene name='User:Ralf_Stephan/Sandbox_2/Zinc/2'>zinc</scene> (click this!) and the amino acids His-Glu-X-His-His as its catalytic center. <scene name='User:Ralf_Stephan/Sandbox_2/Res_yellow/3'>Glu-166, His-142 and -146 are grouped around the zinc atom</scene>, holding it fast, while <scene name='User:Ralf_Stephan/Sandbox_2/Res/1'>Glu-143 holds the polarized water atom. Additionally, Tyr-157 and His-231</scene> stabilize the substrate protein which will be cleaved into two smaller proteins.<ref>Matthews, BW. (1988): ''Structural basis of the action of thermolysin and related zinc peptidases''. In: ''Acc. Chem. Res.'' '''21'''(9); 333–340; http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ar00153a003</ref><ref>PMID:11935352</ref>. See [[Metalloproteases]]  and [[Matrix metalloproteinase]] for discussion.  
[[Thermolysin]] (TML) is a thermostable metalloproteinase enzyme from ''Bacillus thermoproteolyticus''.  It catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptide bonds  containing hydrophobic residues. The images at the left and at the right correspond to one representative Thermolysin ([[2a7g]]). Thermolysin is a well researched [[metalloproteases|metalloprotease]] containing <scene name='User:Ralf_Stephan/Sandbox_2/Zinc/2'>zinc</scene> (click this!) and the amino acids His-Glu-X-His-His as its catalytic center. <scene name='User:Ralf_Stephan/Sandbox_2/Res_yellow/3'>Glu-166, His-142 and -146 are grouped around the zinc atom</scene>, holding it fast, while <scene name='User:Ralf_Stephan/Sandbox_2/Res/1'>Glu-143 holds the polarized water atom. Additionally, Tyr-157 and His-231</scene> stabilize the substrate protein which will be cleaved into two smaller proteins.<ref>Matthews, BW. (1988): ''Structural basis of the action of thermolysin and related zinc peptidases''. In: ''Acc. Chem. Res.'' '''21'''(9); 333–340; http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ar00153a003</ref><ref>PMID:11935352</ref>. See [[Metalloproteases]]  and [[Matrix metalloproteinase]] for discussion.  
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== 3D Structures of Thermolysin ==  
== 3D Structures of Thermolysin ==  

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