| Literature DB >> 7851535 |
A Takeda1, T Yamamoto, Y Nakamura, T Takahashi, T Hibino.
Abstract
A squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SSCA), which is a member of the serpin family of proteinase inhibitors, was purified from sera of cancer patients. It did not inhibit serine proteinases. However, it non-competitively inhibited human cathepsin L with a Ki of 0.064 nM, but not cathepsins B and H among cysteine proteinases. These results indicated that SCCA is a non-functional serpin that inhibits cathepsin L in cancer cells.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7851535 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)01456-b
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124