NRD convertase and aminopeptidase B: Two processing metallopeptidases with a selectivity for basic residues

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 357-364

  Foulon, Th ^a   Cadel, S ^a   Prat, A ^a   Chesneau, V ^a   Hospital, V ^a   Segretain D ^b   Cohen, P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Excellence Inflamex   (France)

Author keywords

Manchette; Post translational proteolysis; Spermatozoon; Spermiogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; METALLOPROTEINASE;

BINDING SITE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; HISTIDINE; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; SOMATOSTATIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

EID: 0031408952     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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