Substrate specificity of cucumisin on synthetic peptides

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2104-2108

  Yonezawa, Hiroo ^a   Kaizuka, Hideki ^a   Uchikoba, Tetsuya ^a   Arima, Kazunari ^a,b   Kaneda, Makoto ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumisin; Plant protease; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

CUCUMISIN; PEPTIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HYDROLYSIS; PEPTIDES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034293635     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.2104     Document Type: Article

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