Accession: | |
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Functional site class: | Melanisation activation site |
Functional site description: | Prophenoloxidase activation cleavage site is cut by the PPAE enzyme which is also inhibited by some serpins. Activation leads to melanisation of invasive organisms. |
ELM Description: | Prophenoloxidase-activation proteinase is Anthropoda specific proprotein convertase. It activates the melanisation process, which is a common response to parasite entry in invertebrate animals. Similar to several other proprotein convertases it cleaves polypeptide at carboxy-site of arginine. Note that this cleavage usually occurs at unstructured N-terminal end of target proteins. |
Pattern: | [ILV]..R[VF][GS]. |
Pattern Probability: | 0.0001054 |
Present in taxon: | Arthropoda |
Interaction Domain: |
Trypsin (PF00089)
Trypsin
(Stochiometry: 1 : 1)
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Prophenoloxidase activation cleavage site is cut by the PPAE enzyme which is also inhibited by some serpins. Activation leads to melanisation of invasive organisms. |



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ELM-the Eukaryotic Linear Motif resource-2024 update.
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