Processing of the papain precursor. Purification of the zymogen and characterization of its mechanism of processing.
Vernet T, Khouri HE, Laflamme P, Tessier DC, Musil R, Gour-Salin BJ, Storer AC, Thomas DY.
Vernet T, et al.
J Biol Chem. 1991 Nov 15;266(32):21451-7.
J Biol Chem. 1991.
PMID: 1939177
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This 39-kDa secreted propapain zymogen molecule is glycosylated and can be processed in vitro into an enzymatically active authentic papain molecule of 24.5 kDa (Vernet, T., Tessier, D.C., Richardson, C., Laliberte, F., Khouri, H. ...
This 39-kDa secreted propapain zymogen molecule is glycosylated and can be processed in vitro into an enzymatically active authentic papain …