Identification of cytosolic leucyl aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.1) as the major cysteinylglycine-hydrolysing activity in rat liver

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-218

  Jösch, Claudio ^a   Klotz, Lars Oliver ^a   Sies, Helmut ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteinylglycine; Dipeptidase; Glutathione metabolism; Immunoprecipitation; Leucyl aminopeptidase; Rat liver cytosol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIBODY; CYSTEINYLGLYCINE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; LEUKOTRIENE D4; PEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CYTOSOL; DIPEPTIDES; HYDROLYSIS; LEUCINE; LEUCYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; LIVER; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RATS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037298773     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2003.023     Document Type: Article

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