The DegP and DegQ periplasmic endoproteases of Escherichia coli: Specificity for cleavage sites and substrate conformation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5925-5929

  Kolmar, Harald ^a,b   Waller, Patrick R H ^a   Sauer, Robert T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029843213     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.20.5925-5929.1996     Document Type: Article

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