A Ca2+ switch aligns the active site of calpain

Cell

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 649-660

  Moldoveanu, Tudor ^a   Hosfield, Christopher M ^a   Lim, Daniel ^a   Elce, John S ^a   Jia, Zongchao ^a   Davies, Peter L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037040423     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00659-1     Document Type: Article

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