Differential Expression of Two Cathepsin Es during Metamorphosis-Associated Remodeling of the Larval to Adult Type Epithelium in Xenopus Stomach

Cathepsin E (CE) was purified from the foregut of Xenopus laevis tadpoles as a mature dimeric form. The purified enzyme was a typical CE among aspartic proteinases with respect to pH dependence of proteolytic activity, susceptibility to pepstatin, and having N-linked high-mannose type oligosaccharid...

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