A novel substrate-binding pocket interaction restricts the specificity of the human NK cell-specific serine protease, Met-ase-1

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4174-4181

  Smyth, Mark J ^a   O'Connor, Michael D ^a   Trapani, Joseph A ^a   Kershaw, Michael H ^a   Brinkworth, Ross I ^b  

^a AUSTIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOXYL GROUP; CHYMASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; ESTER; HYDROGEN; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; NORLEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DEATH; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029888610     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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