Substrate specificity of a cationic peptidase from Bromelia hemisphaerica L.

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-355

  Cortés Vázquez, Ma Isabel ^a   Muñoz Sánchez, José Luis ^a   Briones Martínez, Roberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bromelia hemisphaerica L.; Cationic protease; Hemisphaericin C; Trypsin and chymotrypsin like specificity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CYSTATIN; ESTERASE; HEMISPHAERICIN C; LEUPEPTIN; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; N BENZOYL LEVO ARGININE 4 NITROANILIDE; N BENZOYL LEVO TYROSINE 4 NITROANILIDE; N SUCCINYL LEVO PHENYLALANINE 4 NITROANILIDE; PEPTIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEINASE; SEPHADEX; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BROMELIA; BROMELIA HEMISPHAERICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GEL FILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN CONTENT;

BROMELIA HEMISPHAERICA;

EID: 77953993134     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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