Kunitz-type Bauhinia bauhinioides inhibitors devoid of disulfide bridges: Isolation of the cDNAs, heterologous expression and structural studies

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 386, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 561-568

  Ulian Araújo, Ana Paula ^a   Hansen, Daiane ^b   Vieira, Debora F ^a   de Oliveira, Cleide ^b   Santana, Lucimeire A ^b   Beltramini, Leila M ^a   Sampaio, Claudio A M ^b   Sampaio, Misako U ^b   Oliva, Maria Luiza V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cathepsins; Cruzipain; Elastase; Gene; Kallikreins; Proteinase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; CATHEPSIN G; CATHEPSIN L; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRUZIPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; DISULFIDE; KALLIKREIN; KALLIKREIN INHIBITOR; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; NICKEL; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PLANT DNA; PLASMIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BAUHINIA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BAUHINIA; BINDING SITES; CATHEPSINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS;

BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA BAUHINIOIDES; LOTUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 26844473090     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14316730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2005.066     Document Type: Article

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