Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding a novel lysine-specific cysteine proteinase (Lys-Gingipain) in porphyromonas gingivalis: Structural relationship with the arginine-specific cysteine proteinase (Arg-Gingipain)

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 398-406

  Okamoto, Kuniaki ^a,b   Kadowaki, Tomoko ^a   Nakayama, Koji ^a   Yamamoto, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arg gingipain; Gingivalis; Lys gingipain; Lysine specific cysteine proteinase; Porphyromonas; Precursor structure

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HEMAGGLUTININ; LYSINE; PRIMER DNA; PROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PORPHYROMONAS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0029684438     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021426     Document Type: Article

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