The Protease Web

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Abstract

Proteases regulate other proteases directly via cleavage or indirectly via cleavage and the inactivation of protease inhibitors. These proteolytic interactions enable functional cross-talk between proteases and have been well established in proteolytic cascades. In addition, far-reaching interactions beyond classically defined protease cascades have been identified, suggesting a larger network of proteases—the protease web. Protease cross-talk in this network has potentially detrimental effects on protease biology in health and disease. This chapter outlines the evidence for the protease web, its effect on drug discovery and protease substrate identification, and computational approaches for modeling and predicting proteolytic interactions within this network.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProteolytic Signaling in Health and Disease
PublisherAcademic Press
Chapter11
Pages229 - 250
Number of pages22
ISBN (Electronic)9780323856966
ISBN (Print)9780323856973
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Publication series

NameProteolytic Signaling in Health and Disease

Bibliographical note

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© 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Computational Biology
  • Systems Biologoy
  • Bioinformatics
  • Network biology
  • Computational modeling
  • Computational prediction
  • Systems biology
  • Protease cascades
  • Protease inhibition

Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2012

  • 106 Biology

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