Inactive Conformation of the Serpin Alpha1-Antichymotrypsin Indicates Two-Stage Insertion of the Reactive Loop: Implications for Inhibitory Function and Conformational Disease
Gooptu, B., Hazes, B., Chang, W.-S.W., Dafforn, T.R., Carrell, R.W., Read, R.J., Lomas, D.A.(2000) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97: 67
- PubMed: 10618372 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.1.67
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1QMN - PubMed Abstract: 
The serpins are a family of proteinase inhibitors that play a central role in the control of proteolytic cascades. Their inhibitory mechanism depends on the intramolecular insertion of the reactive loop into beta-sheet A after cleavage by the target proteinase ...