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Aspartic proteinases of human, animal, parasite, fungal and retroviral origin have been extensively investigated. The 3-D structures of several such enzymes have been solved and they all have a number of features in common.1 By contrast, relatively little is known about aspartic proteinases in plants. During the last few years, however, an increasing number of studies on plant aspartic proteinases have been carried out.2,3 We are since a few years involved in studies of milk-clotting enzymes of plant origin.
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Brodelius, P.E., Cordeiro, M., Mercke, P., Domingos, A., Clemente, A., Pais, M.S. (1998). Molecular Cloning of Aspartic Proteinases from Flowers of Cynara cardunculus SUBSP. flavescens CV. Cardoon and Centaurea calcitrapa . In: James, M.N.G. (eds) Aspartic Proteinases. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 436. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5373-1_59
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