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peptidase activity

Known as: peptide hydrolase activity, hydrolase, acting on peptide bonds, proteinase activity 
Catalysis of the hydrolysis of a peptide bond. A peptide bond is a covalent bond formed when the carbon atom from the carboxyl group of one amino… 
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EndopeptidasesPeptide HydrolasesProteolytic Enzymepeptidase activator activity

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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Evaluation of the human sperm proacrosin-acrosin system using gelatin-sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophesis.
Proteolytic enzymes in extracts of human sperm have been identified and partially characterized using a technique which… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
A calcium-activated protease which preferentially degrades the 160-kDa component of the neurofilament triplet.
A calcium-dependent protease fully active with 0.2 mM Ca2+ was found associated with the neurofilament-enriched cytoskeleton of… 
1983
1983
Purification and characterization of a calcium-dependent protease from rat liver.
A calcium-dependent protease, previously identified in rat liver and designated peak II [DeMartino, G. N. (1981) Arch. Biochem… 
1983
1983
Antigenic heterogeneity of immunoglobulin A1 proteases from encapsulated and non-encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae
Indirect evidence suggests that immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) proteases may be factors in the pathogenesis of certain infectious… 
1980
1980
Calcium-activated thiol-proteinase activity in the fusion of rat erythrocytes induced by benzyl alcohol.
1. Rat erythrocytes were fused by incubation with benzyl alcohol and Ca2+. 2. Cell fusion was inhibited by EGTA, N-ethylmaleimide… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Purification and some properties of two proteinases from Crotalus adamanteus venom that inactivate human alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor.
Two proteinases (proteinases I and II) have been purified from Crotalus adamanteus venom to the stage of electrophoretic… 
1978
1978
Plant DNA-dependent RNA polymerases: subunit structures and enzymatic properties of the class II enzymes from quiescent and proliferating tissues.
Class II DNA-dependent RNA polymerases were purified from soybean tissues of different physiological states: (1) from seed embryo… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Comparative studies of baculovirus granulins and polyhedrins.
Granulins and polyhedrins from five baculoviruses exhibit similar chemical and physical properties. Although similarities are… 
1975
1975
Cornea-damaging proteases of Serratia marcescens.
Fractionation of the culture supernatant fluids of Serratia marcescens, strain BG, by ammonium sulfate precipitation, isoelectric… 
1973
1973
Activity and some properties of an acid proteinase from normal and Plasmodium berghei-infected red cells.
The activity of an acid proteinase from mouse red cells infected with Plasmodium berghei is 5 to 10 times that of normal red…