Items for "N-terminal sequencing"

Degradation of apolipoprotein B-100 by lysosomal cysteine cathepsins

Although the degradation of cellular or endocytosed proteins comprises the normal function of lysosomal proteinases, these enzymes were also detected extracellularly during diseases such as atherosclerosis...

Keywords: apolipoprotein B-100, cell-associated proteolysis, cleavage sites, cysteine cathepsins, LDL particle fusion, N-terminal sequencing