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Inhibitory mechanism of a cross-class serpin, the squamous cell carcinoma antigen 1.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 14 Nov 2003
Masumoto Kiyonari, Sakata Yasuhisa, Arima Kazuhiko, Nakao Isao, Izuhara Kenji
Abstract excerpt
The squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCCA) 1 and its homologous molecule, SCCA2, belong to the ovalbumin-serpin family. Although SCCA2 inhibits serine proteinases such as cathepsin G and mast cell chymase, SCCA1 targets cysteine proteinases such as cathepsin S, K, L, and papain. SCCA1 is therefor...
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