Production and activation of recombinant papain-like cysteine proteases

D Brömme, FS Nallaseth, B Turk - Methods, 2004 - Elsevier
Papain-like cysteine proteases are the most numerous family of the cysteine protease class.
They are expressed throughout the animal and plant kingdoms as well as in viruses and …

Lysosomal cysteine proteases in the lung: role in protein processing and immunoregulation

F Bühling, N Waldburg, A Reisenauer… - European …, 2004 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Lysosomal cysteine proteases are a family comprising> 10 enzymes. For many years it was
believed that these enzymes catalyse protein breakdown unselectively, are highly …

Positional-scanning combinatorial libraries of fluorescence resonance energy transfer peptides to define substrate specificity of carboxydipeptidases: assays with …

SS Cotrin, L Puzer, WA de Souza Judice, L Juliano… - Analytical …, 2004 - Elsevier
We have developed positional scanning synthetic combinatorial libraries to define the
substrate specificity of carboxydipeptidases. The library Abz-GXXZXK (Dnp)-OH, where Abz …

Up‐regulation of cathepsin X in prostate cancer and prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia

DK Nägler, S Krüger, A Kellner, E Ziomek… - The …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Evidence is accumulating that several proteases are involved in prostate
cancer progression. A locus which is often amplified in prostate cancer is the chromosomal …

[HTML][HTML] The Caenorhabditis elegans cathepsin Z-like cysteine protease, Ce-CPZ-1, has a multifunctional role during the worms' development

S Hashmi, J Zhang, Y Oksov, S Lustigman - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004 - ASBMB
We have analyzed the expression and function of Cecpz-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans
cathepsin Z-like cysteine protease gene, during development of the worm. The cpz-1 gene is …

Cathepsins K, L, B, X and W are differentially expressed in normal and chronically inflamed gastric mucosa

F Bühling, U Peitz, S Krüger, D Küster, M Vieth, I Gebert… - 2004 - degruyter.com
The expression of cathepsins K, L, B, X and W was studied by quantitative RT-PCR in
normal and inflamed gastric mucosa (antrum, corpus, cardia). Cathepsins B, L, K and X were …

[HTML][HTML] The SEP domain of p47 acts as a reversible competitive inhibitor of cathepsin L

M Soukenik, A Diehl, M Leidert, V Sievert, K Büssow… - FEBS letters, 2004 - Elsevier
The solution structure of the human p47 SEP domain in a construct comprising residues G1-
S2-p47 (171–270) was determined by NMR spectroscopy. A structure-derived hypothesis …

Protease expression in interface tissues around loose arthroplasties.

A Kido, G Pap, DK Nägler, E Ziomek… - … Research (1976-2007 …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
To determine whether cathepsins and matrix metalloproteinase-1 are involved in
accelerating tissue destruction, we examined, immunohistochemically, the expression of …

Cyclic, linear, cycloretro-isomer, and cycloretro-inverso peptides derived from the C-terminal sequence of bradykinin as substrates or inhibitors of serine and cysteine …

AR Lima, L Juliano, MA Juliano - The Protein Journal, 2004 - Springer
We investigated the inhibition of trypsin, human tissue (hK1) and human plasma kallikrein
(HuPK), papain, and cathepsin L, B, and X by synthetic cyclic, cycloretro-isomer …