Comparison of phytolacain G, a cysteine protease from fruit of phytolacca americana, with phytolacain R

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2058-2061

  Uchikoba, Tetsuya ^a   Yonezawa, Hiroo ^a   Shimada, Masayuki ^a   Kaneda, Makoto ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysteine protease; Phytolacain G; Phytolacca americana; Phytolaccaceae; Pokeweed

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PHYTOLACAIN G; PHYTOLACAIN R;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FRUIT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0032176218     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.2058     Document Type: Article

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