Biochemical and functional properties of lysine-specific cysteine proteinase (Lys-Gingipain) as a virulence factor of Porphyromonas gingivalis in periodontal disease

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 305-312

  Abe, Naoko ^a   Kadowaki, Tomoko ^a   Okamoto, Kuniaki ^a   Nakayama, Koji ^a   Ohishi, Masamichi ^a   Yamamoto, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arg gingipain; Lys gingipain; Lysine specific cysteine proteinase; Periodontal disease; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IODOACETAMIDE; IODOACETIC ACID; LEUPEPTIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0031887213     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021937     Document Type: Article

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