Functional and structural insights into astacin metallopeptidases

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 393, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1027-1041

  Gomis Rüth, F Xavier ^a   Trillo Muyo, Sergio ^a   Stöcker, Walter ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein; Catalytic domain; Meprin; Metzincin; Tolloid; Zinc metallopeptidase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; ASTACIN; ENZYME; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MEPRIN ALPHA; MEPRIN BETA; NEPHROSIN; OVASTACIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOSOL; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84867043026     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2012-0149     Document Type: Review

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