Novel γ-carboxyglutamic acid-containing peptides from the venom of Conus textile

FEBS Journal

Volumn 273, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2779-2788

  Czerwiec, Eva ^a,b   Kalume, Dario E ^c,e   Roepstorff, Peter ^c   Hambe, Björn ^d   Furie, Bruce ^a,b   Furie, Barbara C ^a,b   Stenflo, Johan ^a,d  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

carboxyglutamic acid; Conotoxin; Conus textile; Propeptide; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; 6 BROMOTRYPTOPHAN; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; ISOPROTEIN; OSTEOCALCIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE; SNAIL VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN K DEPENDENT CARBOXYLASE;

AMIDATION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROPHOBICITY; INVERTEBRATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

1-CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; CYSTEINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CONUS TEXTILE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745199727     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05294.x     Document Type: Article

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