Carboxy terminal extended phytocystatins are bifunctional inhibitors of papain and legumain cysteine proteinases

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2914-2918

  Martinez, Manuel ^a   Diaz Mendoza, Mercedes ^a   Carrillo, Laura ^a   Diaz, Isabel ^a  

^a ETSI MontesTechnical University of Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barley; Cystatin; Cysteine proteinase inhibitor; Legumain; Papain

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; LEGUMAIN; PAPAIN; PHYTOCYSTATIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRAWBERRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; HORDEUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAPAIN; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

HORDEUM;

EID: 34250357224     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.05.042     Document Type: Article

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