Phylogenetic relationships and theoretical model of human cathepsin W (lymphopain), a cysteine proteinase from cytotoxic T lymphocytes

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-384

  Brinkworth, Ross I ^a   Tort, Jose F ^b,c   Brindley, Paul J ^a,d   Dalton, John P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^d Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

C1 peptidases; Cathepsin W; Cruzipain; Cysteine proteinase; Homology modeling; Lymphopain; Papain; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CATHEPSIN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CRUZIPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; PEPTIDASE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CATHEPSINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0033955988     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00129-6     Document Type: Article

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