Purification of an aminopeptidase preferentially releasing N-terminal alanine from cucumber leaves and its identification as a plant aminopeptidase N

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2802-2805

  Yamauchi, Yasuo ^a   Ejiri, Yukinori ^a   Tanaka, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N; Cucumber; Cucumis sativus; Naphthylamidase; Purification

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

ALANINE; AMINOPEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CUCUMBER; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035752771     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.2802     Document Type: Article

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