ID VPK21_HUMAN Reviewed; 156 AA. AC P63119; DT 13-SEP-2004, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 13-SEP-2004, sequence version 1. DT 14-OCT-2015, entry version 67. DE RecName: Full=Endogenous retrovirus group K member 21 Pro protein; DE AltName: Full=HERV-K_12q14.1 provirus ancestral Pro protein; DE EC=3.4.23.50; DE AltName: Full=Protease; DE AltName: Full=Proteinase; DE Short=PR; GN Name=ERVK-21; OS Homo sapiens (Human). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; OC Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; OC Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo. OX NCBI_TaxID=9606; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RX PubMed=16541075; DOI=10.1038/nature04569; RA Scherer S.E., Muzny D.M., Buhay C.J., Chen R., Cree A., Ding Y., RA Dugan-Rocha S., Gill R., Gunaratne P., Harris R.A., Hawes A.C., RA Hernandez J., Hodgson A.V., Hume J., Jackson A., Khan Z.M., RA Kovar-Smith C., Lewis L.R., Lozado R.J., Metzker M.L., RA Milosavljevic A., Miner G.R., Montgomery K.T., Morgan M.B., RA Nazareth L.V., Scott G., Sodergren E., Song X.-Z., Steffen D., RA Lovering R.C., Wheeler D.A., Worley K.C., Yuan Y., Zhang Z., RA Adams C.Q., Ansari-Lari M.A., Ayele M., Brown M.J., Chen G., Chen Z., RA Clerc-Blankenburg K.P., Davis C., Delgado O., Dinh H.H., Draper H., RA Gonzalez-Garay M.L., Havlak P., Jackson L.R., Jacob L.S., Kelly S.H., RA Li L., Li Z., Liu J., Liu W., Lu J., Maheshwari M., Nguyen B.-V., RA Okwuonu G.O., Pasternak S., Perez L.M., Plopper F.J.H., Santibanez J., RA Shen H., Tabor P.E., Verduzco D., Waldron L., Wang Q., Williams G.A., RA Zhang J., Zhou J., Allen C.C., Amin A.G., Anyalebechi V., Bailey M., RA Barbaria J.A., Bimage K.E., Bryant N.P., Burch P.E., Burkett C.E., RA Burrell K.L., Calderon E., Cardenas V., Carter K., Casias K., RA Cavazos I., Cavazos S.R., Ceasar H., Chacko J., Chan S.N., Chavez D., RA Christopoulos C., Chu J., Cockrell R., Cox C.D., Dang M., RA Dathorne S.R., David R., Davis C.M., Davy-Carroll L., Deshazo D.R., RA Donlin J.E., D'Souza L., Eaves K.A., Egan A., Emery-Cohen A.J., RA Escotto M., Flagg N., Forbes L.D., Gabisi A.M., Garza M., Hamilton C., RA Henderson N., Hernandez O., Hines S., Hogues M.E., Huang M., RA Idlebird D.G., Johnson R., Jolivet A., Jones S., Kagan R., King L.M., RA Leal B., Lebow H., Lee S., LeVan J.M., Lewis L.C., London P., RA Lorensuhewa L.M., Loulseged H., Lovett D.A., Lucier A., Lucier R.L., RA Ma J., Madu R.C., Mapua P., Martindale A.D., Martinez E., Massey E., RA Mawhiney S., Meador M.G., Mendez S., Mercado C., Mercado I.C., RA Merritt C.E., Miner Z.L., Minja E., Mitchell T., Mohabbat F., RA Mohabbat K., Montgomery B., Moore N., Morris S., Munidasa M., RA Ngo R.N., Nguyen N.B., Nickerson E., Nwaokelemeh O.O., Nwokenkwo S., RA Obregon M., Oguh M., Oragunye N., Oviedo R.J., Parish B.J., RA Parker D.N., Parrish J., Parks K.L., Paul H.A., Payton B.A., Perez A., RA Perrin W., Pickens A., Primus E.L., Pu L.-L., Puazo M., Quiles M.M., RA Quiroz J.B., Rabata D., Reeves K., Ruiz S.J., Shao H., Sisson I., RA Sonaike T., Sorelle R.P., Sutton A.E., Svatek A.F., Svetz L.A., RA Tamerisa K.S., Taylor T.R., Teague B., Thomas N., Thorn R.D., RA Trejos Z.Y., Trevino B.K., Ukegbu O.N., Urban J.B., Vasquez L.I., RA Vera V.A., Villasana D.M., Wang L., Ward-Moore S., Warren J.T., RA Wei X., White F., Williamson A.L., Wleczyk R., Wooden H.S., RA Wooden S.H., Yen J., Yoon L., Yoon V., Zorrilla S.E., Nelson D., RA Kucherlapati R., Weinstock G., Gibbs R.A.; RT "The finished DNA sequence of human chromosome 12."; RL Nature 440:346-351(2006). CC -!- FUNCTION: Retroviral proteases have roles in the processing of the CC primary translation products and the maturation of the viral CC particle. Endogenous Pro proteins may have kept, lost or modified CC their original function during evolution. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: Processing at the authentic HIV-1 PR CC recognition site and release of the mature p17 matrix and the p24 CC capsid protein, as a result of the cleavage of the -SQNY-|-PIVQ- CC cleavage site. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Active as a homodimer. {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS: CC Event=Ribosomal frameshifting; Named isoforms=1; CC Comment=This protein is synthesized as Gag-Pro and Gag-Pro-Pol CC polyprotein. These polyproteins are thought, by similarity with CC type-B retroviruses, to be generated by -1 frameshifts occurring CC at the Gag-Pro and Pro-Pol genes boundaries.; CC Name=1; CC IsoId=P63119-1; Sequence=Displayed; CC -!- PTM: Autoproteolytically processed at the N-terminus. Expected C- CC terminal autoprocessing not detected. The sequence shown is that CC of the processed Pro protein (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the peptidase A2 family. HERV class-II CC K(HML-2) subfamily. {ECO:0000305}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Contains 1 G-patch domain. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE- CC ProRule:PRU00092}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Contains 1 peptidase A2 domain. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE- CC ProRule:PRU00275}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AC025420; -; NOT_ANNOTATED_CDS; Genomic_DNA. DR ProteinModelPortal; P63119; -. DR SMR; P63119; 9-99. DR DMDM; 52000850; -. DR PRIDE; P63119; -. DR GeneCards; ERVK-21; -. DR HGNC; HGNC:39035; ERVK-21. DR neXtProt; NX_P63119; -. DR HOVERGEN; HBG063893; -. DR PhylomeDB; P63119; -. DR NextBio; 35537777; -. DR Proteomes; UP000005640; Unplaced. DR GO; GO:0004190; F:aspartic-type endopeptidase activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0003676; F:nucleic acid binding; IEA:InterPro. DR Gene3D; 2.40.70.10; -; 1. DR InterPro; IPR001969; Aspartic_peptidase_AS. DR InterPro; IPR000467; G_patch_dom. DR InterPro; IPR018061; Pept_A2A_retrovirus_sg. DR InterPro; IPR001995; Peptidase_A2_cat. DR InterPro; IPR021109; Peptidase_aspartic_dom. DR Pfam; PF01585; G-patch; 1. DR Pfam; PF00077; RVP; 1. DR SMART; SM00443; G_patch; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF50630; SSF50630; 1. DR PROSITE; PS50175; ASP_PROT_RETROV; 1. DR PROSITE; PS00141; ASP_PROTEASE; 1. DR PROSITE; PS50174; G_PATCH; 1. PE 3: Inferred from homology; KW Aspartyl protease; Autocatalytic cleavage; Complete proteome; ERV; KW Hydrolase; Protease; Reference proteome; Ribosomal frameshifting; KW Transposable element. FT CHAIN 1 156 Endogenous retrovirus group K member 21 FT Pro protein. FT /FTId=PRO_0000199536. FT DOMAIN 21 96 Peptidase A2. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE- FT ProRule:PRU00275}. FT DOMAIN 111 156 G-patch. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE- FT ProRule:PRU00092}. FT ACT_SITE 26 26 {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU10094}. SQ SEQUENCE 156 AA; 17107 MW; D39B72059B056702 CRC64; WASQVSENRP VCKAIIQGKQ FEGLVDTGAD VSIIALNQWP KNWPKQKAVT GLVGIGTASE VYQSTEILHC LGPDNQESTV QPMITSIPLN LWGRDLLQQW GAEITMPTPL YSPTSQKIMT KMGYIPGKGL GKNEDGIKVP VEAKINQKRE GIGYPF //