| Literature DB >> 10218487 |
Y Yamamoto1, S Watabe, T Kageyama, S Y Takahashi.
Abstract
A cDNA clone for an inhibitor of Bombyx cysteine proteinase was isolated and sequenced. Active inhibitor proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli using the cDNA. The open reading frame of the cDNA encodes a 105 residues protein with 19 residues of a signal sequence. The inhibitor has amino acid sequences homologous to several cysteine proteinases, but only to their propeptide sequences. The results suggest that some cysteine proteinase proregions may have evolved as autonomous modules and become inhibitor proteins for cysteine proteinases.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10218487 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00382-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124