Protein Profile - Lysosonmal Proteinases

by Alan J. Barrett, Heidrun Kirschke, Neil D. Rawlings

Lysosomal cysteine proteinases are proteolytic enzymes with a cysteine residue in the active site, which degrade proteins taken up by the cell or originating in other cell compartments. They catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide, amide, ester, and thiol bonds, dependent on pH and the presence of reducing compounds. This new volume in the protein profile series examines each known cathepsin in turn, examining gene structure and localization; precursors,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198502494
• ISBN13: 9780198502494
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.7"