"Endopeptidase K" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of keratin, and of other proteins with subtilisin-like specificity. It hydrolyses peptide amides. Endopeptidase K is from the mold Tritirachium album Limber. (Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 3.4.21.64.
| Descriptor ID |
D019286
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.247 D08.811.277.656.959.350.247
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| Concept/Terms |
Endopeptidase K- Endopeptidase K
- Protease K
- Proteinase K
- Tritirachium Alkaline Proteinase
- Alkaline Proteinase, Tritirachium
- Proteinase, Tritirachium Alkaline
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Endopeptidase K" by people in Profiles.
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Novel oligodendroglial alpha synuclein viral vector models of multiple system atrophy: studies in rodents and nonhuman primates. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2017 06 16; 5(1):47.
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Age-associated increases of alpha-synuclein in monkeys and humans are associated with nigrostriatal dopamine depletion: Is this the target for Parkinson's disease? Neurobiol Dis. 2007 Jan; 25(1):134-49.
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ADAMTS4 (aggrecanase-1) activation on the cell surface involves C-terminal cleavage by glycosylphosphatidyl inositol-anchored membrane type 4-matrix metalloproteinase and binding of the activated proteinase to chondroitin sulfate and heparan sulfate on syndecan-1. J Biol Chem. 2004 Mar 12; 279(11):10042-51.