Hemoglobin Digestion in Blood-Feeding Ticks: Mapping a Multipeptidase Pathway by Functional Proteomics

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1053-1063

  Horn, Martin ^a   Nussbaumerová, Martina ^a   Šanda, Miloslav ^a   Kovářová, Zuzana ^a,b   Srba, Jindřich ^a,b   Franta, Zdeněk ^c   Sojka, Daniel ^c   Bogyo, Matthew ^d   Caffrey, Conor R ^e   Kopáček, Petr ^c   Mareš, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CHEMBIO; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE I; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN; LEGUMAIN; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; IXODES; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; PROTEOMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN C; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOMICS;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 71449096345     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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