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Cathepsin B cleavage of the trypsinogen activation peptide.
BMC gastroenterology - 27 Jun 2002
Teich Niels, Bödeker Hans, Keim Volker
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cathepsin B is thought to play a central role in intrapancreatic trypsinogen activation and the onset of pancreatitis. A recent investigation of the cathepsin B mediated activability of wildtype trypsinogen and their mutations N29I, N29T and R122H, which are associated to hereditary pancreatitis, revealed no differences. This action seems to be restricted to the K23-I24 peptide bond, which is the...
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