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Effect of reactive site loop elongation on the inhibitory activity of C1-inhibitor.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jun 2004
Bos Ineke G A, Lubbers Yvonne T P, Eldering Eric, Abrahams Jan Pieter, Hack C Erik
Abstract excerpt
The serine protease inhibitor C1-Inhibitor (C1-Inh) inhibits several complement- and contact-system proteases, which play an important role in inflammation. C1-Inh has a short reactive site loop (RSL) compared to other serpins. RSL length determines the inhibitory activity of serpins. We investigated the effect of RSL elongation on inhibitory activity of C1-Inh by insertion of one or two alanine residues in the...
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