Enzymic and structural characterization of nepenthesin, a unique member of a novel subfamily of aspartic proteinases

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 295-306

  Athauda, Senarath B P ^a,b   Matsumoto, Koji ^a   Rajapakshe, Sanath ^b   Kuribayashi, Masayuki ^a   Kojima, Masaki ^a   Kubomura Yoshida, Nobuko ^c   Iwamatsu, Akihiro ^c   Shibata, Chiaki ^d   Inoue, Hideshi ^a   Takahashi, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

^d NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinase; Carnivorous plant; Characterization; Nepenthes; Nepenthesin; Plant proteinase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHARACTERIZATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DNA; ENZYMES; INSULIN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARNIVOROUS PLANTS; STRUCUTRAL CHARACTERIZATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ACID PROTEINASE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; INSULIN; NEPENTHESIN; NEPENTHESIN I; NEPENTHESIN II; PEPSIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DATA BASE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; MODEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PH; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSULIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORLEUCINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPSTATINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

HEXAPODA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES DISTILLATORIA; NEPENTHES GRACILIS; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 3142679311     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031575     Document Type: Article

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