Tarantula hemocyanin shows phenoloxidase activity

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 273, Issue 40, 1998, Pages 25889-25892

  Decker, Heinz ^a   Rimke, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; HEMOCYANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; N ACETYLDOPAMINE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHYMOTRYPSIN; COPPER; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; LEVODOPA; METALLOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGEN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPIDERS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPSIN;

ARANEAE; EURYPELMA CALIFORNICUM; TARANTULA;

EID: 0032476016     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.40.25889     Document Type: Article

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