General function of N-terminal propeptide on assisting protein folding and inhibiting catalytic activity based on observations with a chimeric thermolysin-like protease

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1093-1098

  Tang, Bing ^a,c   Nirasawa, Satoru ^a   Kitaoka, Motomitsu ^a   Marie Claire, Cynthia ^b   Hayashi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeromonas caviae; C terminal propeptide; Inhibition; N terminal propeptide; PA protease; Processing; Refolding; Vibriolysin

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROAMINOPEPTIDASE PROCESSING PROTEASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIBRIOLYSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHIMERA; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA;

EID: 0037459069     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00084-6     Document Type: Article

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