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Crystal structure of SCCA1 and insight about the interaction with JNK1.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 27 Feb 2009
Zheng Bin, Matoba Yasuyuki, Kumagai Takanori, Katagiri Chika, Hibino Toshihiko, Sugiyama Masanori
Abstract excerpt
Squamous cell carcinoma antigen 1 (SCCA1), which belongs to serine proteinase inhibitor (serpin) superfamily, inhibits papain-like cysteine proteinase. Recently, it has been reported that SCCA1 acts not only as a proteinase inhibitor but also as an inhibitor of UV-induced apoptosis via suppression of the activity of c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK1). The present study determined the crystal structure of SCCA1,...
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