The kindest cuts of all: Crystal structures of Kex2 and furin reveal secrets of precursor processing

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 80-87

  Rockwell, Nathan C ^a   Thorner, Jeremy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FURIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 160; KEX2 PROTEASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EBOLA VIRUS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EBOLA VIRUS; EUKARYOTA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0442292293     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2003.12.006     Document Type: Review

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