Engineering of substrate mimetics as novel-type substrates for glutamic acid-specific endopeptidases: Design, synthesis, and application

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1479, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 114-122

  Wehofsky, Nicole ^a   Wissmann, Johannes Dieter ^a   Alisch, Mandy ^a   Bordusa, Frank ^a,b  

^a Pharm Psychol   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK RESEARCH UNIT FOR ENZYMOLOGY OF PROTEIN FOLDING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acyl transfer; BL GSE; Enzyme specificity; Substrate mimetics; V8 protease

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CATALYSIS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PEPTIDES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034659671     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(00)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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