"Papain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A proteolytic enzyme obtained from Carica papaya. It is also the name used for a purified mixture of papain and CHYMOPAPAIN that is used as a topical enzymatic debriding agent. EC 3.4.22.2.
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D010206
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.262.500.585 D08.811.277.656.300.200.585
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Papain" by people in Profiles.
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Rogers DM, Do H, Hirst JD. An Improved Diabatization Scheme for Computing the Electronic Circular Dichroism of Proteins. J Phys Chem B. 2024 Aug 01; 128(30):7350-7361.
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Myers MC, Shah PP, Beavers MP, Napper AD, Diamond SL, Smith AB, Huryn DM. Design, synthesis, and evaluation of inhibitors of cathepsin L: Exploiting a unique thiocarbazate chemotype. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Jun 15; 18(12):3646-51.
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Shah PP, Myers MC, Beavers MP, Purvis JE, Jing H, Grieser HJ, Sharlow ER, Napper AD, Huryn DM, Cooperman BS, Smith AB, Diamond SL. Kinetic characterization and molecular docking of a novel, potent, and selective slow-binding inhibitor of human cathepsin L. Mol Pharmacol. 2008 Jul; 74(1):34-41.
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Nomura JT, Sato RL, Ahern RM, Snow JL, Kuwaye TT, Yamamoto LG. A randomized paired comparison trial of cutaneous treatments for acute jellyfish (Carybdea alata) stings. Am J Emerg Med. 2002 Nov; 20(7):624-6.
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Funabara D, Kinoshita S, Watabe S, Siegman MJ, Butler TM, Hartshorne DJ. Phosphorylation of molluscan twitchin by the cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Biochemistry. 2001 Feb 20; 40(7):2087-95.
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Iozzo RV, Ketterer CL, Slaymaker DJ. Evidence of a small hydrophobic domain in the core protein of the heparan sulfate proteoglycan from human colon carcinoma cells. FEBS Lett. 1986 Oct 6; 206(2):304-8.
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Sigrist H, Ronner P, Semenza G. A hydrophobic form of the small-intestinal sucrase-isomaltase complex. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1975 Oct 17; 406(3):433-46.
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Bosma MJ, Bosma GC. Congenic mouse strains: the expression of a hidden immunoglobulin allotype in a congenic partner strain of BALB-c mice. J Exp Med. 1974 Mar 01; 139(3):512-27.