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Cystatins as calpain inhibitors: Engineered chicken cystatin- and stefin B-kininogen domain 2 hybrids support a cystatin-like mode of interaction with the catalytic subunit of μ-calpain [PDF]

, 2001
Within the cystatin superfamily, only kininogen domain 2 (KD2) is able to inhibit μ- and m-calpain. In an attempt to elucidate the structural requirements of cystatins for calpain inhibition, we constructed recombinant hybrids of human stefin B (an ...
Gross, Stefan, Machleidt, Werner, Assfalg-Machleidt, Irmgard, Pfeiler, Dietmar, Gabrijelcic-Geiger, Dusica, Gollmitzer, Nicole, García Diaz, Beatriz, Auerswald, Ennes A., Stubbs, Milton T., Fritz, Hans   +9 more
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Digestive proteolytic activity in the gut and salivary glands of the predatory bug Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae); effect of proteinase inhibitors

European Journal of Entomology, 2005
Proteinase activity in the midgut of the pentatomid stinkbug Podisus maculiventris was investigated. The optimal pH for adult and nymph proteolysis was pH 6.0 and pH 6.5, respectively.
Howard A. BELL, Rachel E. DOWN, John P. EDWARDS, John A. GATEHOUSE, Angharad M.R. GATEHOUSE   +4 more
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The tick-derived anticoagulant madanin is processed by thrombin and factor Xa. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The cysteine-less peptidic anticoagulants madanin-1 and madanin-2 from the bush tick Haemaphysalis longicornis are the founding members of the MEROPS inhibitor family I53.
Ana C Figueiredo, Daniele de Sanctis, Pedro José Barbosa Pereira   +2 more
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Family C1 cysteine proteases: Biological diversity or redundancy? [PDF]

, 2003
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 family of enzymes.
M\ue9nard, Robert, N\ue4gler, Dorit K., Nägler, D. K., Ménard, R.   +3 more
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Cysteine proteinases and cystatins

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2003
This review describeds the definition, localization, functions and examples of cysteine proteinases and their protein inhibitors in vertebrate, non-vertebrate animals and plants. These inhibitors are related with defense mechanisms of plant against pests.
Adeliana S. Oliveira, José Xavier-Filho, Maurício P. Sales   +2 more
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Gene variants of coagulation related proteins that interact with SARS-CoV-2.

PLoS Computational Biology, 2021
Thrombosis is a recognized complication of Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) and is often associated with poor prognosis. There is a well-recognized link between coagulation and inflammation, however, the extent of thrombotic events associated with ...
David Holcomb, Aikaterini Alexaki, Nancy Hernandez, Ryan Hunt, Kyle Laurie, Jacob Kames, Nobuko Hamasaki-Katagiri, Anton A Komar, Michael DiCuccio, Chava Kimchi-Sarfaty   +9 more
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Significance of Cuscutain, a cysteine protease from Cuscuta reflexa, in host-parasite interactions

BMC Plant Biology, 2010
Background Plant infestation with parasitic weeds like Cuscuta reflexa induces morphological as well as biochemical changes in the host and the parasite. These modifications could be caused by a change in protein or gene activity.
Fuchsbauer Hans-Lothar, Albert Markus, Bleischwitz Marc, Kaldenhoff Ralf   +3 more
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Dataset of cathepsin L-like CP inhibition of Naegleria fowleri and Acanthamoeba castellanii by ppTvCP4r from Trichomonas vaginalis

Data in Brief, 2018
The recombinant TvCP4 prepro region (ppTvCP4r) acts as an exogenous inhibitor of cathepsin L-like CPs from Trichomonas vaginalis (Cárdenas-Guerra et al., 2015 [1]). Here, we present the dataset of the trichomonad ppTvCP4r inhibitory effect against the CP
Rosa E. Cárdenas-Guerra, Moisés Martínez-Castillo, Jaime Ortega-López, Mineko Shibayama, Rossana Arroyo   +4 more
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Heparin modulates the endopeptidase activity of Leishmania mexicana cysteine protease cathepsin L-Like rCPB2.8

, 2013
Cysteine protease B is considered crucial for the survival and infectivity of the Leishmania in its human host. Several microorganism pathogens bind to the heparin-like glycosaminoglycans chains of proteoglycans at host-cell surface to promote their ...
Gesteira, Tarsis F., Tarsis F Gesteira, Gesteira Tarsis F., Sanya J Sanderson, Tersariol, Ivarne L.S., Westrop, Gareth, Sansevero, Thiago M., Shida, Claudio S. [UNIFESP], Manfredi, Marcella A, Tersariol, Ivarne Luis dos Santos [UNIFESP], Gerson P Souza, Ivarne L S Tersariol, Luiz Juliano, Manfredi Marcella A., Gareth D Westrop, Sansevero Thiago M., Almeida Paulo C., Tersariol Ivarne L. S., Souza, Gerson A., Manfredi, Marcella A., Sanderson Sanya J., Thiago M Sansevero, Souza, Gerson P., Juliano, Luiz, Westrop, Gareth D., Almeida, Paulo C. [UNIFESP], Judice, W.A.S., Paulo C Almeida, Judice Wagner A. S., Coombs Graham H., Coombs, Graham H., Shida, Claudio S., Shida Cláudio S., Cláudio S Shida, Souza Gerson P., Almeida, Paulo C, Judice, Wagner A. S., Marcella A Manfredi, Sanderson, Sanya J, Coombs, Graham, Juliano, Luiz [UNIFESP], Wagner A S Judice, Juliano Luiz, Sanderson, Sanya J., Graham H Coombs, Westrop Gareth D.   +45 more
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Novel bi- and trifunctional inhibitors of tumor-associated proteolytic systems [PDF]

, 2003
Serine proteases, cysteine proteases, and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are involved in cancer cell invasion and metastasis. Recently, a recombinant bifunctional inhibitor (chCysuPA(19-31)) directed against cysteine proteases and the urokinasetype ...
Sato, Sumito, Assfalg-Machleidt, Irmgard, Magdolen, Ulla, Schmitt, Manfred, Rettenberger, Peter, Magdolen, Viktor, Krol, Janna   +6 more
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