Purification, staphylolytic activity, and cleavage sites of α-lytic protease from Achromobacter lyticus

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 772-778

  Li, Shaoliang ^a   Norioka, Shigemi ^a   Sakiyama, Fumio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achromobacter lyticus; Achromopeptidase; N acetylmuramoyl L alanine amidase; Staphylococcus aureus; lytic protease

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEINASE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ACHROMOBACTER; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACHROMOBACTER; ACHROMOBACTER LYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030707717     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021822     Document Type: Article

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