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 …

Recent progress in the identification and partial characterization of novel genes encoding
cysteine proteases of the papain family has considerably increased our knowledge of this …

Surfactant protein (SP)-B is essential for lamellar body genesis and for the final steps in
proSP-C post-translational processing. The mature SP-B protein is derived from multistep …

In comparison to the huge number of peptidic and peptidomimetic inhibitors of cysteine
proteases which have been developed during the last twenty years the number of non …

Veterinaria 154 Page 1 Mechanism of action of mammalian cystatins Studies of inhibition of
cysteine endo- and exopeptidases by cystatins A and C Alona Pavlova Department of …

Cysteine proteases constitute an important group of enzymes involved in a number of
physiological processes. As these enzymes have been linked to diseases such as arthritis …