Tag: Lung

  • Thermolysin – The Tiny Terminator of Plasma Proteins!

    Thermolysin – The Tiny Terminator of Plasma Proteins!

    Both thermolysin and snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) share a similar mechanism of action, utilizing zinc ions to hydrolyze peptide bonds in proteins

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  • Lumican aka LUM

    Lumican, also known as LUM, is an extracellular matrix protein that, in humans, is encoded by the LUM gene on chromosome 12. Structure Lumican is a proteoglycan Class II member of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP) family that includes decorin, biglycan, fibromodulin, keratocan, epiphycan, and osteoglycin. Like the other SLRPs, lumican has a molecular weight of about 40 kilodaltons and has four major intramolecular domains: There are four N-linked sites within…

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  • Gastrin-releasing peptide aka GRP and Pro-Gastrin-Releasing-Peptide aka Pro-GRP (and something called PreProGRP?)

    Gastrin-releasing peptide, also known as GRP, is a neuropeptide, a regulatory molecule that has been implicated in a number of physiological and pathophysiological processes. Most notably, GRP stimulates the release of gastrin from the G cells of the stomach. Function GRP is also involved in the biology of the circadian system, playing a role in the signaling of light to the master circadian oscillator in…

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