Insight into the binding affinity of thiourea in the calcium binding pocket of proteinase K, through high resolution X-ray crystallography

Proteinase K is a stable serine protease, crystallized and extensively used in the study of molecular interactions at the atomic level. During the current study, crystal structure of proteinase K with thiourea (TU) was solved at 1.45 Å (angstrom) resolution. Proteinase K showed its binding affinity with thiourea after soaking with 200 mM (millimolar) concentration of thiourea solution for 6 h. The binding affinity of proteinase K was evaluated...