"Papain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A proteolytic enzyme obtained from Carica papaya. It is also the name used for a purified mixture of papain and CHYMOPAPAIN that is used as a topical enzymatic debriding agent. EC 3.4.22.2.
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D010206
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.262.500.585 D08.811.277.656.300.200.585
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Papain" by people in Profiles.
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Structure of papain-like protease from SARS-CoV-2 and its complexes with non-covalent inhibitors. Nat Commun. 2021 02 02; 12(1):743.
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Intrinsic functional defects of type 2 innate lymphoid cells impair innate allergic inflammation in promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger (PLZF)-deficient mice. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Feb; 137(2):591-600.e1.
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Paramyxovirus fusion protein: characterization of the core trimer, a rod-shaped complex with helices in anti-parallel orientation. Virology. 1999 Feb 01; 254(1):147-59.
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Control of cloned alloreactive T lymphocyte proliferative responses. A possible role for cell-surface-bound alloantigen. Transplantation. 1984 Oct; 38(4):361-70.
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Mechanism of association of N-acetyl-L-phenylalanylglycinal to papain. Biochemistry. 1981 Sep 15; 20(19):5517-24.
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Proteolytic dissection of band 3, the predominant transmembrane polypeptide of the human erythrocyte membrane. Biochemistry. 1976 Mar 09; 15(5):1153-61.
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Pseudomonas denitrificans cytochrome cc'. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1970 Dec; 141(2):557-70.
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Do antibody-forming cells circulate in the blood? J Immunol. 1969 Apr; 102(4):1002-7.