Aflatoxins (AF) are contaminants of improperly stored foods; they are potent genotoxic and carcinogenic compounds, exerting their effects through damage to DNA...
Keywords: aflatoxin, Apoptosis, HepG2, oxidative stress, proteasome, proteolytic activity
01/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterAzurocidin belongs to the serprocidin family, but it is devoid of proteolytic activity due to a substitution of His and Ser residues in the catalytic triad...
Keywords: azurocidin, catalytic triad, insect cell expression system, proteolytic activity, site-directed mutagenesis
07/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter