Purification and characterization of the cysteine proteinases in the latex of Vasconcellea spp.

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 451-462

  Kyndt, Tina ^a   Van Damme, Els J M ^a   Van Beeumen, Jozef ^b   Gheysen, Godelieve ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry and Protein Engineering   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caricaceae; cDNA cloning; Cysteine proteinase; Latex; Purification

Indexed keywords

CHYMOPAPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LATEX; PAPAIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FRUIT; GEL FILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VASCONCELLEA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LATEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CARICA PAPAYA; CARICACEAE; VASCONCELLEA; VASCONCELLEA STIPULATA;

EID: 33846026706     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05592.x     Document Type: Article

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