MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analysis of substrate specificity of lebetase, a direct-acting fibrinolytic metalloproteinase from Vipera lebetina snake venom

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1476, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 331-336

  Trummal, Katrin ^a   Vija, Heiki ^a   Subbi, Juhan ^a   Siigur, Jüri ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Fibrinolytic enzyme; Lebetase; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; Snake venom; Substance P; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; AMINO ACID; BRADYKININ; FIBRINOGEN; KALLIDIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; SUBSTANCE P;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PEPTIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIPER VENOMS;

EID: 0033954222     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(99)00236-8     Document Type: Article

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