Aspartic Proteases from the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
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Aspartic proteases from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Structural organization and developmental and cell-specific expression of asp-1.
A Caenorhabditis elegans gene (asp-1) and cDNA that encode a homologue of cathepsin D aspartic protease were cloned and characterized. The asp-1 mRNA is transcribed from a single exon, and it begins with the SL1 trans-splice leader sequence. The protein (ASP-1) is expressed as a 396-amino acid, 42.7-kDa pre-pro-peptide that is post-translationally processed into a approximately 40-kDa lysosomal...
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