Structure-function relationships in class CA1 cysteine peptidase propeptides.
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Structure-function relationships in class CA1 cysteine peptidase propeptides.
Regulation of proteolytic enzyme activity is an essential requirement for cells and tissues because proteolysis at a wrong time and location may be lethal. Proteases are synthesized as inactive or less active precursor molecules in order to prevent such inappropriate proteolysis. They are activated by limited intra- or intermolecular proteolysis cleaving off an inhibitory peptide. These regulat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Biochimica Polonica
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1734-154X,0001-527X
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2003_3661