Cathepsin L, but not cathepsin B, is a potential kininogenase

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 382, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 811-815

  Desmazes, C ^a   Gauthier, F ^a   Lalmanach, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Cathepsin; Cystatin; Cysteine protease; Kinin; Kininogen; Kininogenase

Indexed keywords

4 (2 AMINOETHYL)BENZENESULFONYL FLUORIDE; ARGININE; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTATIN; EDETIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GELATIN; KALLIKREIN; KININOGEN; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PAPAIN; PEPTIDE; PHENYLALANINE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITOR COMPLEX; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSINS; CHICKENS; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; KININOGEN, HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; KININOGEN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; KININOGENS; KININS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0034940338     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2001.098     Document Type: Article

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