... (APs; EC 3.4.23) have been extensivelystudied and characterized and are widely distributed amongvertebrates, plants, yeast, nematodes, parasites, fungi and viruses [1,2]. AP activity has also been ... differentclans based on their evolutionary relationship and tertiarystructure. Plant APs have been distributed among familiesA1, A3, A11 and A12 of clan AA, and family A22 of clanAD. The majority of plant ... prosegment and the active site render the prosegment more flexible and enable the substrate to enter the catalytic cleft. Nevertheless,only the structural characterization of procardosins and Fig....