Purification and Characterization of Cathepsin B from the Muscle of Horse Mackerel Trachurus japonicus

An endogenous protease in fish muscle, cathepsin B, was partially purified and characterized from horse mackerel meat. On SDS-PAGE of the purified enzyme under reducing conditions, main protein bands were detected at 28 and 6 kDa and their respective N-terminal sequences showed high homology to hea...

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Main Authors: Asami Yoshida, Megumi Ohta, Koichi Kuwahara, Min-Jie Cao, Kenji Hara, Kiyoshi Osatomi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-10-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/13/11/6550