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Sorting of encystation-specific cysteine protease to lysosome-like peripheral vacuoles in Giardia lamblia requires a conserved tyrosine-based motif.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 Feb 2003
Touz Maria C, Lujan Hugo D, Hayes Stanley F, Nash Theodore E
Abstract excerpt
Encystation-specific cysteine protease (ESCP) was the first membrane-associated protein described to be part of the lysosome-like peripheral vacuoles in the intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia. ESCP is homologous to cathepsin C enzymes of higher eukaryotes, but is distinguished from other lysosom...
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