The mucin-selective protease StcE enables molecular and functional analysis of human cancer-associated mucins
Malaker SA, Pedram K, Ferracane MJ, Bensing BA, Krishnan V, Pett C, Yu J, Woods EC, Kramer JR, Westerlind U, Dorigo O, Bertozzi CR. The mucin-selective protease StcE enables molecular and functional analysis of human cancer-associated mucins. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 7278-7287. PMID: 30910957, PMCID: PMC6462054, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813020116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModular protein domainsProtein domainsSecreted proteinsMucin domainFunctional analysisHuman diseasesMucin biologyGlycosylation patternsCultured cellsMolecular levelCell surfaceSequence coverageKey playersBacterial proteasesCancer-associated mucinsDiscrete peptidesBiological ligandsProteaseHuman mucinsGlycoform analysisStcESiglec-9Domain structureMass spectrometryDomain