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Capable of being cut smoothly or split easily.

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  • The gills are also scissile, that is, they can be split, and are linear and swollen in the middle.
  • The signal corresponding to the scissile +1 peptide bond could only be observed for
  • Then the twist of the scissile bond, together with the bending of − 1 NAG, makes the glycosidic oxygen accessible to the catalytic residue Glu315 for cleavage
  • We show that incorporation of this highly reactive beta-turn inducing aromatic "Eda" moiety at the scissile P1-P1′ amide bond of a prodomain peptide of human furin led...
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