Functional conversion of hemocyanin to phenoloxidase by horseshoe crab antimicrobial peptides.
Nagai T, Osaki T, Kawabata S.
Nagai T, et al. Among authors: kawabata s.
J Biol Chem. 2001 Jul 20;276(29):27166-70. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M102596200. Epub 2001 May 24.
J Biol Chem. 2001.
PMID: 11375396
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We have shown that the clotting enzyme of the horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, functionally converts hemocyanin to phenoloxidase by forming a complex without proteolytic cleavage (Nagai, T., and Kawabata, S. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 35297-35301). Here we sh …
We have shown that the clotting enzyme of the horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, functionally converts hemocyanin to phenoloxidase by f …