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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… 
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1991
1991
We have synthesized a new reagent―N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-bis(mercaptoacetyl)hydrazine (DMH)―for the reduction of disulfide bonds in… 
1990
1990
Melanosis of pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) was significantly inhibited by treatment with dilute solutions of the sulfhydryl… 
1981
1974
1974
The crude fig latex (from Ficus glabrata) has been shown to contain at least six ficin components. Three ficins were separated… 
1973
1973
Seven closely related protease inhibitors were isolated from commercial bromelain acetone powder in electrophoretically pure form… 
1969
1969
A globulin fraction, isolated from black beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), was resistant to hydrolysis by pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin… 
1968
1968
1 The dye proflavin (3,6 diaminocaridine) binds to a single site on the ficin molecule (EC 3.4.4.12). 2 The value of the… 
1966
1966
1. The maximum rate of production of p-nitrophenol (V(max.)) for both papain- and ficin-catalysed hydrolyses of p-nitrophenyl…