Structure and Cleavage Specificity of the Chymotrypsin-Like Serine Protease (3CLSP/nsp4) of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV)

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 392, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 977-993

  Tian, Xinsheng ^a,b   Lu, Guangwen ^a,b   Gao, Feng ^a,c   Peng, Hao ^a   Feng, Youjun ^a,b   Ma, Guangpeng ^a,d   Bartlam, Mark ^e   Tian, Kegong ^f   Yan, Jinghua ^a   Hilgenfeld, Rolf ^g   Gao, George F ^a,b,h  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f China Animal Disease Control Center   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

3C like serine protease; PRRSV; structure; trans cis cleavage

Indexed keywords

3 CHYMOTRYPSIN LIKE SERINE PROTEASE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTERIVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARTERIVIRIDAE; EQUINE ARTERITIS VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NIDOVIRALES; PORCINE RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYNDROME VIRUS;

EID: 69749102863     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.062     Document Type: Article

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