Dissociation of ionizing groups in the binding cleft inversely controls the endo- and exopeptidase activities of cathepsin B.
Polgár L, Csoma C.
Polgár L, et al.
J Biol Chem. 1987 Oct 25;262(30):14448-53.
J Biol Chem. 1987.
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Negatively charged reactants are sensitive reactivity probes of the active site of cysteine proteases (Halasz, P., and Polgar, L. (1977) Eur. J. Biochem. 79, 491-494). Thus, the thiolate-imidazolium ion pair of papain reacts at an enhanced rate with iodoacetate due …
Negatively charged reactants are sensitive reactivity probes of the active site of cysteine proteases (Halasz, P., and Polgar, L …