Proteolytic and cellular mechanisms in prohormone and proprotein processing /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Hook, Vivian Yuan-Hen Ho, 1953-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Austin, Tex. : R.G. Landes, [1998]
Series:	Molecular biology intelligence unit.
Subjects:	Proteins > metabolism. Peptide Hydrolases > metabolism. Protein Processing, Post-Translational > physiology. Protein Precursors > metabolism.

Table of Contents:

Targeting and activation of peptide hormones in the secretory pathway
The mechanism of sorting proopiomelanocortin to secretory granules and its processing by aspartic and PC enzymes
The mammalian precursor convertases : paralogs of the subtilisin/kexin family of calcium-dependent serine proteinases
The neuroendocrine prohormone convertases PC1, PC2, and PC5
'Prohormone thiol protease' (PTP), a novel cysteine protease for proenkephalin and prohormone processing
Regulation of prohormone conversion by coordinated control of processing endopeptidase biosynthesis with that of the prohormone substrate
Carboxypeptidase and aminopeptidase proteases in proneuropeptide processing
The neuroendocrine polypeptide 7B2 as a molecular chaperone and naturally occurring inhibitor of prohormone convertase PC2
Neuroendocrine alpha1-antichymotrypsin as a possible regulator of prohormone and neuropeptide precursor processing
Proteolytic inactivation of secreted neuropeptides
Stimulation of peptidergic receptors by peptide hormone and neurotransmitters : studies of opiod receptors