Disulfide structure of alfimeprase: A recombinant analog of fibrolase

Protein Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1264-1267

  Jones, Geoff ^a   Ronk, Michael ^a   Mori, Faith ^a   Zhang, Zhongqi ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfimeprase; Disulfide bond; Edman degradation; Fibrolase; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ALFIMEPRASE; FIBROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DISULFIDES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 0035008588     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.110101     Document Type: Article

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