Activation by cathepsin G of latent gelatinase secreted from rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Pharmaceutical Society of Japan in CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN
- Vol. 37 (5), 1321-1323
- https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.37.1321
Abstract
Rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes secrete a latent gelatinase with a molecular weight of about 96 kilodaltons (kDa). Activation of the latent 96-kDa gelatinase by cathepsin G was studied by using sodium dodecyl sulfate-substrate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Cathepsin G activated the 96-kDa gelatinase by converting it to two lower molecular-weight species of 76 and 61 kDa, which were slightly different from the gelatinase species generated by treatment with 4-aminophenylmercuric acetate, an activator of latent gelatinase.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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