Calpain chronicle—an enzyme family under multidisciplinary characterization
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Calpain chronicle—an enzyme family under multidisciplinary characterization
Calpain is an intracellular Ca2+-dependent cysteine protease (EC 3.4.22.17; Clan CA, family C02) discovered in 1964. It was also called CANP (Ca2+-activated neutral protease) as well as CASF, CDP, KAF, etc. until 1990. Calpains are found in almost all eukaryotes and a few bacteria, but not in archaebacteria. Calpains have a limited proteolytic activity, and function to transform or modulate the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0386-2208,1349-2896
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.87.287