The structure-function relationship in the clostripain family of peptidases

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 983-992

  Labrou, Nikolaos E ^a   Rigden, Daniel J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active site; Affinity labelling; Clostripain; Molecular modelling; Peptidase family C11

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BENZAMIDINE; BENZOYLARGININE ETHYL ESTER; CALCIUM; CASPASE; CLOSTRIPAIN; CYSTEINE; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; DYE; HISTIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE;

AFFINITY LABELING; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CELL LINEAGE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA BASE; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TARGET ORGAN;

AFFINITY LABELS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLORING AGENTS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM;

EID: 1542314750     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04000.x     Document Type: Article

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