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Cysteine Proteases

Known as: Cysteine Protease, Proteases, Cysteine, Proteinases, Cysteine 
An enzyme that contains an unpaired cysteine in the active site which acts as a nucleophilic thiol to catalyze the proteolytic processing of other… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Porphyromonas gingivalis cell-induced hemagglutination and platelet aggregation.
2007
2007
Cysteine proteinase 30 (CP30) and antibody response to CP30 in serum and vaginal washes of symptomatic and asymptomatic Trichomonas vaginalis‐infected women
Infection with Trichomonas vaginalis may be asymptomatic or with symptoms suggestive of vaginitis. Because cysteine proteinase 30… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The 2.1 A structure of a cysteine protease with proline specificity from ginger rhizome, Zingiber officinale.
A cysteine protease from ginger rhizome (GP-II) cleaves peptides and proteins with proline at the P(2) position. The unusual… 
1989
1989
Hydrolysis of a series of synthetic peptide substrates by the human rhinovirus 14 3C proteinase, cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli.
The 3C proteins of several picornaviruses, including poliovirus, foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) and encephalomyocarditis… 
1987
1987
Amino acid sequence of chicken liver cathepsin L.
The complete amino acid sequences of the heavy and light chains of chicken liver cathepsin L have been determined by automated… 
1986
1986
Biochemical demonstration and immunohistochemical localization of calpain in human skin.
The biochemical properties and immunohistochemical localization of calpain, a Ca++-dependent, intracellular, nonlysosomal… 
1986
1986
Degradation of myocardial structural proteins in myocardial infarcted dogs is reduced by Ep459, a cysteine proteinase inhibitor.
The purpose of this study is to clarify whether cysteine proteinases play an important role in the degradation of myocardial… 
1982
1982
Evolution of alpha 2-macroglobulin. The purification and characterization of a protein homologous with human alpha 2-macroglobulin from plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) plasma.
A papain-binding protein (PB-protein) was purified to homogeneity from the plasma of plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.). PB… 
1982
1982
Degradation of myofibrillar proteins by trypsin-like serine proteinases.
The effects of the Ca2+-activated cysteine proteinase, the rat trypsin-like serine proteinase and bovine trypsin on myofibrillar… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Acyl-transfer reactions of amides and esters with alcohols and thiols. A reference system for the serine and cysteine proteinases. Concerning the N protonation of amides and amide-imidate equilibria.