Purification and characterization of a serine protease with fibrinolytic activity from Tenodera sinensis (praying mantis)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1430, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 376-386

  Hahn, Bum Soo ^a,b   Cho, So Yean ^a   Wu, Song Ji ^a   Chang, Il Moo ^a   Baek, Kwanghee ^b   Kim, Young Chul ^a   Kim, Yeong Shik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fibrinolytic activity; Purification; Serine protease; Tenodera sinensis

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBRINOLYSIS; LOCUST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANTODEA; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

GLYCINE MAX; MANTIS; MANTIS RELIGIOSA; TENODERA; TENODERA SINENSIS;

EID: 0033027428     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(99)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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