Structural studies of cysteine proteases and their inhibitors
Författare
Summary, in English
Cysteine proteases (CPs) are responsible for many biochemical processes occurring in living organisms and they have been implicated in the development and progression of several diseases that involve abnormal protein turnover. The activity of CPs is regulated among others by their specific inhibitors: cystatins. The main aim of this review is to discuss the structure-activity relationships of cysteine proteases and cystatins, as well as of some synthetic inhibitors of cysteine proteases structurally based on the binding fragments of cystatins.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2001
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1-20
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Acta Biochimica Polonica
Volym
48
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe
Ämne
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Pharmacology and Toxicology
Nyckelord
- structure-activity relationship
- synthetic inhibitors
- cystatins
- cysteine proteases
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0001-527X