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Membrane-associated protease activity of human erythrocytes
1Department of Biochemistry, Goa Medical College.
The Indian Journal of Medical Research
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
Membrane-associated protease activity capable of digesting a number of membrane cytoskeletal proteins including band 3 protein was identified in human erythrocytes, almost totally free from contaminating leucocytes and platelets. This enzyme was inhibited by aprotinin (a specific inhibitor for a class of serine protease) and was distinct from the cytosolic calcium-dependent thiol protease (calpain), which is also known to bind to red cell membrane.