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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
2002
Review
2002
Plant seed cystatins and their target enzymes of endogenous and exogenous origin.
Cystatins are protein inhibitors of cysteine proteinases of the papain family, and those of animal origin have long been studied… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Antisense Inhibition of Expression of Cysteine Proteinases Affects Entamoeba histolytica-Induced Formation of Liver Abscess in Hamsters
ABSTRACT Trophozoites of virulent Entamoeba histolyticatransfected with the antisense gene encoding cysteine proteinase 5 (CP5… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Isolation and molecular characterization of a surface‐bound proteinase of Entamoeba histolytica
Major pathogenic functions of Entamoeba histolytica involved in destruction of host tissues are the degradation of extracellular… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Toxicity toChrysomela tremulae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of transgenic poplars expressing a cysteine proteinase inhibitor
The aim of this study was to test the potential of proteinase inhibitors to controlChrysomela tremulae, a beetle that causes… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The major cysteine proteinase (cruzipain) from Trypanosoma cruzi is encoded by multiple polymorphic tandemly organized genes located on different chromosomes.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Two distinct cystatin species in rice seeds with different specificities against cysteine proteinases. Molecular cloning, expression, and biochemical studies on oryzacystatin-II.
Oryzacystatin (oryzacystatin-I) is a proteinaceous cysteine proteinase inhibitor (cystatin) in rice seeds and is the first well… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Some kinetic properties of a cysteine proteinase (cruzipain) from Trypanosoma cruzi.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Human low-Mr kininogen contains three copies of a cystatin sequence that are divergent in structure and in inhibitory activity for cysteine proteinases.
We point out that human low-Mr kininogen contains three cystatin-like sequences, rather than two, as had previously been thought… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Two distinct Ca2+ proteases (calpain I and calpain II) purified concurrently by the same method from rat kidney.
Review
1976
Review
1976
Handbook of Enzymatic Methods of Analysis
developing embryos, dipeptidases from Escherichia coli B and from Ehrlich Lettre mouse ascites-tumour cells, and a selection of… 
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