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Characteristics of the caspase-like catalytic domain of human paracaspase

Human paracaspase has been predicted to be a member of the protein structural fold that encompasses protease clan CD...

Keywords: activity profiling, catalytic site, protease

11/2004 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Enzymatic profiling of human kallikrein 14 using phage-display substrate technology

The human KLK14 gene is one of the newly identified serine protease genes belonging to the human kallikrein family, which contains 15 members...

Keywords: extracellular matrix protein, kallikrein, phage display, protease, substrate

03/2005 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

P. falciparum pro-histoaspartic protease (proHAP) protein peptides bind specifically to erythrocytes and inhibit the invasion process in vitro

Plasmodium falciparum histoaspartic protease (HAP) is an active enzyme involved in haemoglobin degradation...

Keywords: binding assay, malaria, protease, synthetic peptide

04/2005 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Two novel mitochondrial and chloroplastic targeting-peptide-degrading peptidasomes in A. thaliana, AtPreP1 and AtPreP2

Two novel metalloendopeptidases in Arabidopsis thaliana, AtPreP1 and AtPreP2, are responsible for the degradation of targeting peptides in mitochondria and chloroplasts...

Keywords: chloroplast, mitochondria, peptidase, protease, protein import, targeting peptide, transit peptide

10/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

First identification of a phosphorylcholine-substituted protein from Caenorhabditis elegans: isolation and characterization of the aspartyl protease ASP-6

Caenorhabditis elegans is a widely accepted model system for parasitic nematodes, drug screening and developmental studies...

Keywords: Mass spectrometry, nematodes, posttranslational modification, protease

10/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Novel ketomethylene inhibitors of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE): inhibition and molecular modelling

Inhibition of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) has become an effective strategy in the treatment of hypertension and cardiovascular disease...

Keywords: Kinetics, molecular modelling, physico-chemical characterisation, protease

04/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Cysteine cathepsins and caspases in silicosis

Silicosis is an occupational pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of crystalline silica...

Keywords: Apoptosis, bronchoalveolar lavage, fibrosis, inflammation, protease, protease inhibitor

07/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Isolation and properties of extracellular proteinases of Penicillium marneffei

Penicillium marneffei is a dimorphic fungus native to Southeast Asia...

Keywords: AIDS, eqolisin, Penicillium marneffei, protease

07/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Proteolytic mechanism of a novel mitochondrial and chloroplastic PreP peptidasome

The 2.1-Å-resolution crystal structure of the novel mitochondrial and chloroplastic metalloendopeptidase, AtPreP1, revealed a unique peptidasome structure, in which the two halves of the enzyme completely enfold a huge proteolytic cavity...

Keywords: chloroplast, mitochondria, peptidase, protease, protein import, targeting peptides

08/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Increased carcinogenic potential of myeloid tumor cells induced by aberrant TGF-β1-signaling and upregulation of cathepsin B

The TGF-β signaling pathways are implicated in cancer. Cysteine cathepsins can contribute to the carcinogenic potential of tumor cells...

Keywords: Apoptosis, Cancer, cysteine, Migration, promoter, protease

06/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Calpain proteolysis of insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) -2 and -3, but not of IGFBP-1

Calpains are cytoplasmic Ca²⁺-regulated cysteine proteases that may regulate insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-independent actions of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) through IGFBP proteolysis...

Keywords: biosensor analysis, Ca2+ - activation, cleavage site, fragmentation, Kinetics, protease

01/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Mechanism of methaemoglobin breakdown by the lysine-specific gingipain of the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis

The R- and K-gingipain proteases of Porphyromonas gingivalis are involved in proteolysis of haemoglobin from which the defensive dimeric haem pigment is formed...

Keywords: gingipains, haem, haemoglobin, periodontal disease, Porphyromonas, protease

09/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Regulation of cathepsin K activity by hydrogen peroxide

Although cysteine cathepsins, including cathepsin K, are sensitive to oxidation, proteolytically active forms are found at inflammatory sites...

Keywords: cysteine cathepsin, inflammation, Oxidation, protease, proteolysis, sulfenic acid

08/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Protease research in the era of systems biology

Proteases are specific modulators of signaling molecules and their underlying pathways in addition to their degradative roles...

Keywords: degradomics, protease, protease web, proteomics, transcriptomics

11/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

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