Acidic pH as a physiological regulator of human cathepsin L activity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 926-932

  Turk, Boris ^a,b   Dolenc, Iztok ^a   Lenarčič, Brigita ^a   Križaj, Igor ^a   Turk, Vito ^a   Bieth, Joseph G ^c   Björk, Ingemar ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cathepsin D; Cathepsin L; Cysteine proteinase; Regulation

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; LYSOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME STABILITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LYSOSOMES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033083868     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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