Anterograde axonal transport of Boc-Arg-Val-Arg-Arg-MCA hydrolyzing enzyme in rat sciatic nerves: Cleavage occurs between basic residues

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1476, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 337-349

  Imaizumi, Takashi ^a   Jyonouchi, Kazutoshi ^a   Kato, Takeshi ^b   Chikuma, Toshiyuki ^a   Tanaka, Akira ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; Boc Arg Val Arg Arg MCA hydrolyzing enzyme; Enzyme activity; Ligation; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; ANTIPAIN; LEUPEPTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; LIGATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0033983753     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(99)00239-3     Document Type: Article

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