Purification and functional characterisation of rhiminopeptidase A, a novel aminopeptidase from the venom of Bitis gabonica rhinoceros

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Vaiyapuri, Sakthivel ^a   Wagstaff, Simon C ^b   Watson, Kimberley A ^a   Harrison, Robert A ^b   Gibbins, Jonathan M ^a,c   Hutchinson, E Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOPEPTIDASE; CALCIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RHIMINOPEPTIDASE A; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; VIPER VENOM;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GABOON VIPER; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAKE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; COENZYMES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 78149260323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000796     Document Type: Article

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