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Human mesotrypsin exhibits restricted S1' subsite specificity with a strong preference for small polar side chains.
The FEBS journal - 1 Jul 2006
Szepessy Edit, Sahin-Tóth Miklós
Abstract excerpt
Mesotrypsin, an inhibitor-resistant human trypsin isoform, does not activate or degrade pancreatic protease zymogens at a significant rate. These observations led to the proposal that mesotrypsin is a defective digestive protease on protein substrates. Surprisingly, the studies reported here with alpha1-antitrypsin (alpha1AT) revealed that, even though mesotrypsin was completely resistant to this serpin-type...
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