Purification and some properties of an aminopeptidase from the seeds of cannabi

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1055-1057

  Arima, Kazunari ^b   Uchikoba, Tetsuya ^a   Shimada, Masayuki ^a   Yonezawa, Hiroo ^a   Kaneda, Makoto ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminopepti dase; Annabis sativa; Hemp seed; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; MAMMALIA;

AMINOPEPTIDASE; CANNABIS; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PH; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; CANNABIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SEEDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034180380     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1055     Document Type: Article

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