Genes from the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) coding for unusual enzymes that specifically cleave endo-ε(γ-Glu)-Lys isopeptide bonds and help to dissolve blood clots

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 20-25

  Zavalova, L ^a   Lukyanov, S ^a   Baskova, I ^b   Snezhkov, E ^d   Akopov, S ^a   Berezhnoy, S ^a   Bogdanova, E ^a   Barsova, E ^a   Sverdlov, E D ^c  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Baculovirus expression vector; Destabilase genes; Endo ( Glu) Lys isopeptidase; Medicinal leech; Protein sequence

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; LEECH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HYDROLYSIS; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPODOPTERA;

ANIMALIA; HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0029857709     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050291     Document Type: Article

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