acid proteases การใช้

Caspases ( cysteine-aspartic acid proteases ) cleave at very specific amino acid residues.
Pepstatin is a low molecular weight compound and potent inhibitor specific for acid proteases with a Ki of about 10 " 10 M for pepsin.
Plasmepsins are aspartic acid proteases, meaning their active site contains two aspartic acid residue act respectively as proton donor and proton acceptor, catalysing the hydrolysis of peptide bond in proteins.
The statyl residue of pepstatin is thought to be responsible for pepstatin inhibition of pepsin; statine is a potential analog of the transition state for catalysis by pepsin and other acid proteases.