Structure and function of plant aspartic proteinases

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2067-2075

  Simões, Isaura ^b   Faro, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinases; Cardosin; Phytepsin; Programmed cell death; Stress response

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; NITROGEN; PEPSTATIN;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME PRECURSORS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2942512921     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04136.x     Document Type: Review

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