An operon from Lactobacillus helveticus composed of a proline iminopeptidase gene (pepl) and two genes coding for putative members of the ABC transporter family of proteins

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3459-3468

  Varmanen, Pekka ^a,b   Rantanen, Terhi ^b   Palva, Airi ^b  

^a VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Lactobacillus helveticus; Proline iminopeptidase

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLINE IMINOPEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; KINETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030471078     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-12-3459     Document Type: Article

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