Mono- and dibasic proteolytic cleavage sites in insect neuroendocrine peptide precursors

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 49-63

  Veenstra, Jan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Convertase; Neuropeptide; Precursor

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; TYPE I SIGNAL PEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; INSECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROSECRETION; PEPTIDE MAPPING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; INSECTS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034132245     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(200002)43:2<49::AID-ARCH1>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Review

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