Isolation and characterization of an α-macroglobulin from the gastropod mollusc Helix pomatia with tetrameric structure and preserved activity after methylamine treatment

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1545, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 104-113

  Yigzaw, Yinges ^a   Gielens, Constant ^a   Préaux, Gisèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gastropod; Helix pomatia; Hemolymph; Methylamine; Tetrameric macroglobulin; Thiol ester

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; BENZOYLARGININE 4 NITROANILIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; IODINE 125; METHYLAMINE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; THIOL; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME ISOLATION; HELIX POMATIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TITRIMETRY;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; BENZOYLARGININE NITROANILIDE; CASEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HELIX (SNAILS); HEMOCYANIN; HEMOLYMPH; HUMANS; METHYLAMINES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPSIN;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; HELIX POMATIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0035830675     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(00)00267-3     Document Type: Article

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