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BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 391, Issue 4, Pages 357-374Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2010.037
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bioscaffold; drug design; inhibitor; phage display; protease positional scanning synthetic combinatorial library; sunflower trypsin inhibitor
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The kallikreins and kallikrein-related peptidases are serine proteases that control a plethora of developmental and homeostatic phenomena, ranging from semen liquefaction to skin desquamation and blood pressure. The diversity of roles played by kallikreins has stimulated considerable interest in these enzymes from the perspective of diagnostics and drug design. Kallikreins already have well-established credentials as targets for therapeutic intervention and there is increasing appreciation of their potential both as biomarkers and as targets for inhibitor design. Here, we explore the current status of naturally occurring kallikrein protease-inhibitor complexes and illustrate how this knowledge can interface with strategies for rational re-engineering of bioscaffolds and design of small-molecule inhibitors.
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