Reactivities of the various protonic states in the reactions of papain and of L-cysteine with 2,2'- and with 4,4'- dipyridyl disulphide: evidence for nucleophilic reactivity in the un-ionized thiol group of the cysteine-25 residue of papain occasioned by its interaction with the histidine-159-asparagine-175 hydrogen-bonded system

. 1972 Jun;128(2):471–474. doi: 10.1042/bj1280471

Reactivities of the various protonic states in the reactions of papain and of L-cysteine with 2,2'- and with 4,4'- dipyridyl disulphide: evidence for nucleophilic reactivity in the un-ionized thiol group of the cysteine-25 residue of papain occasioned by its interaction with the histidine-159-asparagine-175 hydrogen-bonded system.

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