Proteases that digest the blood-meal of the parasitic fluke
Keywords: active site, aspartyl protease, Candida, drug design, parasite
04/2005 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterFungi and viruses encode a variety of peptidases having a plethora of functions. Many fungal peptidases are extracellular and are likely used to degrade proteins in their environment...
Keywords: active site, catalytic mechanism, catalytic triad, G1 peptidase, hepatitis A virus 3C peptidase, scytalidoglutamic peptidase
08/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterThe spliceosome, the multi-megadalton molecular machine that performs splicing, consists of over 200 different proteins and five small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs)...
Keywords: active site, catalysis, ribozyme, splicing mechanism, U6 snRNA
07/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter