Study on substrate specificity at sub sites for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 3CL protease

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 807-813

  Shan, Yu Fei ^a   Xu, Gen Jun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autocleavage; Binding site; Inhibitor design; SARS coronavirus 3CL protease; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

3C LIKE PROTEASE, SARS CORONAVIRUS; 3C-LIKE PROTEASE, SARS CORONAVIRUS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME PRECURSORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33644874616     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2005.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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