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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Eclipse
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
SUBMITTER: Seandean Harwood
LAB HEAD: Jan J. Enghild
PROVIDER: PXD023651 | Pride | 2021-09-10
REPOSITORIES: Pride
The Journal of biological chemistry 20210615 1
Human α<sub>2</sub>-macroglobulin (A2M) is an abundant protease inhibitor in plasma, which regulates many proteolytic processes and is involved in innate immunity. A2M's unique protease-trapping mechanism of inhibition is initiated when a protease cleaves within the exposed and highly susceptible "bait region." As the wild-type bait region is permissive to cleavage by most human proteases, A2M is accordingly a broad-spectrum protease inhibitor. In this study, we extensively modified the bait reg ...[more]