Substrate-induced conformational changes occur in all cleaved forms of caspase-6

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 406, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-91

  Vaidya, Sravanti ^a   Velázquez Delgado, Elih M ^a   Abbruzzese, Genevieve ^a   Hardy, Jeanne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; crystallography; ligand binding; neurodegeneration; protease

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 6;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 79151469464     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.11.031     Document Type: Article

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