A proposed role for Leishmania major carboxypeptidase in peptide catabolism

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-29

  Isaza, Clara E ^a   Zhong, Xuejun ^a   Rosas, Lucia E ^a   White, James D ^a   Chen, Rita P Y ^b,c   Liang, George F C ^b   Chan, Sunney I ^b   Satoskar, Abhay R ^a   Chan, Michael K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Leishmania; M32 carboxypeptidase; Metalloprotease; Stage specific expression

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE M32; PEPTIDE DEFORMYLASE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IN VIVO STUDY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PEPTIDES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 45849095698     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.05.162     Document Type: Article

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