Acid proteinase secreted by Candida tropicalis: Functional analysis of preproregion cleavages in C. tropicalis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 493-503

  Togni, Giuseppe ^a   Sanglard, Dominique ^a   Quadroni, Manfredo ^b   Foundling, Stephen I ^c   Monod, Michel ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida tropicalis; Kex2 endopeptidase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Secreted aspartyl proteinase; Secretion

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CANDIDA; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME PRECURSORS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029920879     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-3-493     Document Type: Article

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