Crystal structure of a novel cysteinless plant Kunitz-type protease inhibitor

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 360, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 735-740

  Hansen, Daiane ^a   Macedo Ribeiro, Sandra ^b,c   Veríssimo, Paula ^b   Yoo Im, Sonia ^a   Sampaio, Misako Uemura ^a   Oliva, Maria Luiza Vilela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cathepsin; Cruzipain; Crystallography; Elastase; Kallikrein; Kunitz protease inhibitors; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CRUZIPAIN; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BAUHINIA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; HANGING DROP VAPOR DIFFUSION METHOD; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DISULFIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BAUHINIA BAUHINIOIDES; LOTUS; SUS;

EID: 34447553302     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.144     Document Type: Article

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