Evidence for propeptide-assisted folding of the calcium-dependent protease of the cyanobacterium Anabaena

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 750-755

  Baier, Kerstin ^a   Nicklisch, Sabine ^a   Lockau, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Cyanobacterium; Intramolecular chaperone; Propeptide mediated folding; Subtilisin like protease

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETTA;

EID: 0029910771     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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