Structure of human procathepsin L reveals the molecular basis of inhibition by the prosegment

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5492-5503

  Coulombe, René ^a,b,c   Grochulski, Pawel ^a,c,d   Sivaraman, J ^a,b,c   Ménard, Robert ^a,b   Mort, John S ^b,e   Cygler, Miroslaw ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Networks of Centres of Excellence   (Canada)

^c Montreal Jt Ctr for Struct Biol   (Canada)

^d LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D structure; Cathepsin L; Cysteine protease; Proenzyme; Propeptide

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY;

EID: 0029902382     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00934.x     Document Type: Article

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