A novel human PACE4 isoform, PACE4E is an active processing protease containing a hydrophobic cluster at the carboxy terminus

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 941-948

  Mori, Kenii ^a   Kii, Sachiko ^a   Tsuji, Akihiko ^a   Nagahama, Masami ^a   Imamaki, Akiyoshi ^a   Hayashi, Keiko ^a   Akamatsu, Tetsuya ^a   Nagamune, Hideaki ^a   Matsuda, Yoshiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kexin like protease; PACE4 isoform; PACE4E; Proprotein processing; Subtilisin like proprotein convertase 4

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030920027     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021677     Document Type: Article

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