Procerain, a stable cysteine protease from the latex of Calotropis procera

Phytochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1057-1071

  Kumar Dubey, Vikash ^a   Jagannadham, M V ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti procerain; Asclepiadaceae; Calotropis procera; Cysteine protease; Plant endopeptidase; Plant latex; Procerain

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; ANILIDE; CASEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME ACTIVATOR; ENZYME ANTIBODY; LATEX; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROCERAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; TEMPERATURE;

APOCYNACEAE; CALOTROPIS PROCERA;

EID: 0037376207     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00676-3     Document Type: Article

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