TY - JOUR
T1 - Proteolysis of tropoelastin.
AU - Mecham, R.
AU - Foster, J. A.
AU - Franzblau, C.
PY - 1977/1/1
Y1 - 1977/1/1
N2 - The presence of an enzyme associated with tropoelastin is described. The enzyme has a pH optimum between 7 and 9 and trypsin-like specificity. Upon incubation, tropoelastin (72,000 molecular weight) is cleaved into relatively high molecular weight fragments. In addition to the parent molecule, five discrete polypeptide bands are usually observed on SDS gels with molecular weights of approximately 57,000, 45,000, 36,000, 25,000 and 13-14,000.
AB - The presence of an enzyme associated with tropoelastin is described. The enzyme has a pH optimum between 7 and 9 and trypsin-like specificity. Upon incubation, tropoelastin (72,000 molecular weight) is cleaved into relatively high molecular weight fragments. In addition to the parent molecule, five discrete polypeptide bands are usually observed on SDS gels with molecular weights of approximately 57,000, 45,000, 36,000, 25,000 and 13-14,000.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 868636
AN - SCOPUS:0017443401
VL - 79
SP - 209
EP - 220
JO - Advances in experimental medicine and biology
JF - Advances in experimental medicine and biology
SN - 0065-2598
ER -