Carboxydipeptidase activities of recombinant cysteine peptidases Cruzain of Trypanosoma cruzi and CPB of Leishmania mexicana

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1046-1053

  Judice, Wagner A S ^a   Puzer, Luciano ^a   Cotrin, Simone S ^a   Carmona, Adriana K ^a   Coombs, Graham H ^b   Juliano, Luiz ^a   Juliano, Maria A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cathepsin B; Cathepsin L; Cruzipain; Exoproteases; Proteases

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; AMINO ACID; AMINOBENZOIC ACID; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LYSINE; PAPAIN;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MAMMAL; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PEPTIDES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 1542374556     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04008.x     Document Type: Article

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