Identification of the active site of legumain links it to caspases, clostripain and gingipains in a new clan of cysteine endopeptidases

FEBS Letters

Volumn 441, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-365

  Chen, Jinq May ^a   Rawlings, Neil D ^a   Stevens, Richard A e ^a   Barrett, Alan J ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caspase; Clostripain; Gingipain; Legumain; Peptidase clan

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CLOSTRIPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CASPASES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032435254     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(98)01574-9     Document Type: Article

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