Structural and functional aspects of papain-like cysteine proteinases and their protein inhibitors

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 141-150

  Turk, Boris ^a   Turk, Vito ^a   Turk, Dušan ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cathepsin; Cystatin; Cysteine proteinase; Kininogen; Papain; Procathepsin

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIN; ALEURAIN; AMINOPEPTIDASE; AZOCASEIN; BROMELAIN; CARICAIN; CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN H; CATHEPSIN L; CATHEPSIN S; CELL PROTEIN; CHYMOPAPAIN; COLLAGEN; CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ELASTIN; FICIN; KININOGEN; LYSOSOME ENZYME; PAPAIN; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; STEFIN; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; PAPAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030918546     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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