Projects / Programmes
January 1, 1999
- December 31, 2003
Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
1.05.00 |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Biochemistry and molecular biology |
|
4.06.00 |
Biotechnical sciences |
Biotechnology |
|
Code |
Science |
Field |
P310 |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Proteins, enzymology |
B470 |
Biomedical sciences |
Physiology |
B200 |
Biomedical sciences |
Cytology, oncology, cancerology |
T490 |
Technological sciences |
Biotechnology |
B725 |
Biomedical sciences |
Diagnostics |
Researchers (36)
no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
1. |
12047 |
PhD Tadeja Bevec |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2002 |
36 |
2. |
23572 |
PhD Lea Bojič |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2003 |
35 |
3. |
23573 |
PhD Dejan Caglič |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2003 |
53 |
4. |
19331 |
PhD Tina Cirman |
Medical sciences |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
51 |
5. |
00449 |
PhD Iztok Dolenc |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
110 |
6. |
06416 |
PhD Marko Dolinar |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
328 |
7. |
18801 |
PhD Marko Fonović |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
172 |
8. |
18284 |
PhD Katja Galeša |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2002 |
39 |
9. |
20211 |
PhD Uroš Gregorc |
Biotechnical sciences |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
31 |
10. |
18285 |
MSc Mirjana Grujić |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
12 |
11. |
19332 |
PhD Manca Kenig |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
36 |
12. |
10502 |
PhD Nataša Kopitar Jerala |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
235 |
13. |
04648 |
PhD Janko Kos |
Biotechnical sciences |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
1,137 |
14. |
22312 |
PhD Gregor Kosec |
Biotechnical sciences |
Researcher |
2002 - 2003 |
105 |
15. |
17110 |
Louisa Johanna Kroon Žitko |
|
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
22 |
16. |
23574 |
PhD Tomaž Langerholc |
Biotechnical sciences |
Researcher |
2003 |
278 |
17. |
03422 |
PhD Brigita Lenarčič |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
335 |
18. |
22318 |
PhD Primož Meh |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2002 - 2003 |
14 |
19. |
23575 |
PhD Miha Pavšič |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2003 |
177 |
20. |
19366 |
PhD Aleš Premzl |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
81 |
21. |
09091 |
PhD Vida Puizdar |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
55 |
22. |
15286 |
PhD Galina Pungerčič |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2002 |
37 |
23. |
22321 |
PhD Sabina Rabzelj |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2002 - 2003 |
43 |
24. |
06056 |
PhD Metka Renko |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
99 |
25. |
05266 |
PhD Ana Marija Ritonja |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
107 |
26. |
16411 |
PhD Jerica Rozman Pungerčar |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
61 |
27. |
14315 |
PhD Ana Schweiger |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2002 - 2003 |
62 |
28. |
17096 |
Andreja Sekirnik |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
26 |
29. |
14829 |
PhD Veronika Stoka |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
232 |
30. |
15969 |
Ivica Štefe |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
34 |
31. |
05234 |
Mojca Trstenjak Prebanda |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
60 |
32. |
07561 |
PhD Boris Turk |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
1,015 |
33. |
01085 |
PhD Vito Turk |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Principal Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
1,477 |
34. |
21557 |
PhD Tjaša Urbič |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
9 |
35. |
18286 |
PhD Tina Zavašnik Bergant |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
137 |
36. |
03368 |
PhD Eva Žerovnik |
Natural sciences and mathematics |
Researcher |
2001 - 2003 |
383 |
Organisations (1)
no. |
Code |
Research organisation |
City |
Registration number |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
1. |
0106 |
Jožef Stefan Institute |
Ljubljana |
5051606000 |
85,820 |
Abstract
Protein degradation or proteolysis occurs in living organisms under normal and pathological conditions. This process is highly controlled by proteolytic enzymes. Cysteine peptidases as one of the four mechanistic classes of proteolytic enzymes are widely distributed in animals, plants and microorganisms. Among many families of cysteine peptidases the largest and best-known being the papain family, which is the object of the proposed programme. Until recently, information about these enzymes of mammalian origin, mostly human, has been limited only to lysosomal cathepsins B, H, L and S. Using a new molecular biology approach, currently more than 15 human cathepsins are known at the sequence level. Some of them are expressed in a variety of cells (cathepsins B, C, F, H, L, O and X), whereas others are tissue-specific (cathepsins S, K, V and W) and are involved in more specialized processes like antigen processing and presentation, in bone remodeling, and processing in various hormones and other proteins. They differ in their specificities, acting as endopeptidases, aminopeptidases and carboxypeptidases.
The activities of cathepsins, are regulated mainly by zymogen activation and proteinase-inhibitor interactions. The determined crystal structures provide the basis for the understanding of the activation of cysteine peptidases. Propeptides are potent inhibitors of their corresponding enzymes. However, the main regulation of mature enzymes remains to be the inhibition by their endogenous protein inhibitors, the cystatins, and newly discovered thyroglobulin type-1 domain inhibitors, also called thyropins.
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