Spontaneous cleavage of proteins at serine residues

International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-135

  Lyons, Brian ^a   Jamie, Joanne ^b   Truscott, Roger J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Human lens; Hydrolysis; Old proteins; Posttranslational modification

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BUFFER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE BUFFER; SERINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; PH; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 80052740122     PISSN: 15733149     EISSN: 15733904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10989-011-9250-3     Document Type: Article

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