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:Human neutrophil cathepsin G and human skin chymase can inactivate bradykinin by cleavage at the carboxy terminal phenylalanyl-arginyl peptide bond of this polypeptide. The mast cell enzyme is far more effective than cathepsin G, the rates of hydrolysis being comparable to that found for angiotensin I to angiotensin II conversion (C.F. Reilly, D. Tewksbury, N. Schechter, and J. Travis, J. Biological Chemistry 257:8619-8622). This ability to both inactivate bradykinin and accelerate the production of angiotensin II may be of significance in the development of biochemical events associated with inflammation.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Reilly CF,Schechter NB,Travis Jdoi
10.1016/s0006-291x(85)80180-7subject
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1985-03-15 00:00:00pages
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1090-2104pii
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