The Spn4 gene of Drosophila encodes a potent furin-directed secretory pathway serpin
Richer MJ, Keays CA, Waterhouse J, Minhas J, Hashimoto C, Jean F. The Spn4 gene of Drosophila encodes a potent furin-directed secretory pathway serpin. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2004, 101: 10560-10565. PMID: 15247425, PMCID: PMC489976, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0401406101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReactive site loopSecretory pathwayProprotein convertasesConsensus furin cleavage siteProteolytic cleavage eventsArg-LysSerpin-protease interactionsSDS-stable complexesDrosophila melanogasterEukaryotic cellsInfectious microbial pathogensFurin cleavage siteSerine protease inhibitorEndogenous serpinsSerine endoproteasesPrecise regulationSite loopSerpin moleculesStoichiometry of inhibitionMicrobial pathogensProteolytic eventsCleavage eventsCleavage sitePC inhibitorsHuman furin