Role of basic amino acids in the cleavage of synthetic peptide substrates by mitochondrial processing peptidase

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1163-1166

  Song, Myeong Cheol ^a   Shimokata, Kunitoshi ^a   Kitada, Sakae ^a   Ogishima, Tadashi ^a   Ito, Akio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial processing peptidase; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; GLYCINE; LYSINE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE OXOACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

EID: 0030463377     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021536     Document Type: Article

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