Further Characterization of Earthworm Serine Proteases: Cleavage Specificity Against Peptide Substrates and on Autolysis

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2031-2033

  Nakajima, Nobuyoshi ^a   Sugimoto, Manabu ^b   Ishihara, Kohji ^c   Nakamura, Kaoru ^d   Hamada, Hiroki ^e  

^a OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cleavage specificity; Earthworm; Fibrinolytic enzyme; Serine protease; amyloid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; CHYMOTRYPSIN; INSULIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; INSULIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOCHAETA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0033217531     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.2031     Document Type: Article

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