The two sides of enzyme-substrate specificity: Lessons from the aspartic proteinases

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1477, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 231-240

  Dunn, Ben M ^a   Hung, Su Hwi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinase; Chromogenic substrate; Enzyme active site; Enzyme kinetics; Mutagenesis of active site residues; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BINDING SITES; CATHEPSIN D; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPSIN A; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034615552     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(99)00275-7     Document Type: Review

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