Crystal structure of the apoptosis-inducing human granzyme a dimer

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 535-540

  Hink Schauer, Clara ^a   Estébanez Perpiñá, Eva ^b   Kurschus, Florian C ^a   Bode, Wolfram ^b   Jenne, Dieter E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DIMER; ENZYME PRECURSOR; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B2 PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN; MAGNESIUM ION; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN PHAPI; PROTEIN PHAPII; STAPHYLOKINASE; STREPTOKINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038730744     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb945     Document Type: Article

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