A new family of serine protease inhibitors (Bombyx family) as established from the unique topological relation between the positions of bisulfide bridges and reactive site

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 428-434

  Pham, Thiên Ngoc ^a   Hayashi, Kaeko ^a   Takano, Ryo ^a   Itoh, Masanobu ^a   Eguchi, Masaharu ^a   Shibata, Hiroshi ^b   Tanaka, Takaharu ^b   Kara, Saburo ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx family inhibitor; Bombyx mori; Disulfide bridge; Fungal protease inhibitor; Reactive site

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SUBTILISIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INHIBITOR INTERACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYSTINE; DISULFIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0029940506     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021259     Document Type: Article

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