Dipeptidyl peptidase III: A multifaceted oligopeptide N-end cutter

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3256-3276

  Prajapati, Subhash C ^a   Chauhan, Shyam S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

antinociception; biomarker; dipeptidyl peptidase; gluzincin; M49 family; opioids; ortholog; oxidative stress; peptidome; tynorphin

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE III; OLIGOPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; DPP III GENE; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CARCINOMA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOCATALYSIS; DIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASES AND TRIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; METALLOEXOPEPTIDASES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

EID: 80052504948     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08275.x     Document Type: Review

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