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Ficain

Known as: Ficain [Chemical/Ingredient], Ficin 
A sulfhydryl proteinase with cysteine at the active site from ficus latex. Preferential cleavage is at tyrosine and phenylalanine residues. EC 3.4.22… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
P-selectin and E-selectin. Distinct but overlapping leukocyte ligand specificities.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
A new enzymatic method to obtain high-yield F(ab)2 suitable for clinical use from mouse IgGl.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Cystatin S: a cysteine proteinase inhibitor of human saliva.
An acidic protein of human saliva, which we named SAP-1 previously, is now shown to be an inhibitor of several cysteine… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Purification and some physico-chemical and enzymic properties of a calcium ion-activated neutral proteinase from rabbit skeletal muscle.
Ca(2+)-activated neutral proteinase was purified from rabbit skeletal muscle by a method involving DEAE-Sephacel chromatography… 
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… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
A reporter group delivery system with both absolute and selective specificity for thiol groups and an improved fluorescent probe containing the 7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole moiety.
1. 4-(N-2-Aminoethyl2'-pyridyl disulphide)-7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (compound I) was synthesized and evaluated as a… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Some changes in the reactivity of enzymes resulting from their chemical attachment to water-insoluble derivatives of cellulose.
1. Purified ficin was chemically attached to CM-cellulose, and partially purified ATP-creatine phosphotransferase was chemically… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
DIRECT EVIDENCE FOR AN ACYLATED THIOL AS AN INTERMEDIATE IN PAPAIN- AND FICIN-CATALYSED HYDROLYSES.
1. Methyl thionohippurate was prepared and shown to be a specific substrate for both papain and ficin. 2. The ultraviolet… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
FICUS ENZYMES. I. SEPARATION OF THE PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES OF FICUS CARICA AND FICUS GLABRATA LATICES.
Ficin is the name given to the proteolytic enzyme activity of the latex of trees of the genus Ficus (1). While this proteolytic… 
Highly Cited
1949
Highly Cited
1949
FORMATION OF A BACTERIAL TOXIN (STREPTOLYSIN S) BY RESTING CELLS
The interaction of washed cocci, prepared under specified conditions, and a polynucleotide (AF) results in the formation of… 
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