Items for "staphostatins"

The staphostatin family of cysteine protease inhibitors in the genus Staphylococcus as an example of parallel evolution of protease and inhibitor specificity

Staphostatins constitute a family of staphylococcal cysteine protease inhibitors sharing a lipocalin-like fold and a unique mechanism of action...

Keywords: cysteine protease inhibitors, cysteine proteases, regulation of proteolysis, staphostatins, staphylococci