Trypsin
"Trypsin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A serine endopeptidase that is formed from TRYPSINOGEN in the pancreas. It is converted into its active form by ENTEROPEPTIDASE in the small intestine. It catalyzes hydrolysis of the carboxyl group of either arginine or lysine. EC 3.4.21.4.
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D014357
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.895 D08.811.277.656.959.350.895
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Hortin G, Fok KF, Toren PC, Strauss AW. Sulfation of a tyrosine residue in the plasmin-binding domain of alpha 2-antiplasmin. J Biol Chem. 1987 Mar 05; 262(7):3082-5.
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Ryan TE, Woods GM, Kirkpatrick FH, Shamoo AE. Modification of the Shandon Southern apparatus MK II for SDS preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Anal Biochem. 1976 May 07; 72:359-65.