Cathepsin Y (a novel thiol enzyme) produces kinin potentiating peptide from the component protein of rat plasma

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 207-214

  Sakamoto, Eri ^a   Sakao, Yukie ^a   Taniguchi, Yoriko ^a   Yamafuji, Keiko ^a  

^a NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bradykinin potentiating peptide; Cathepsin Y; Protein rich peptide; Thiol protease

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN Y; KININ; THIOL PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRADYKININ; CATHEPSINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE MAPPING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UTERUS;

EID: 0032735454     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(99)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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