Analysis of a Streptococcus pneumoniae gene encoding signal peptidase I and overproduction of the enzyme

Gene

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-255

  Zhang, Yian Biao ^a   Greenberg, Bill ^a   Lacks, Sanford A ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conserved sequence motif; Gram positive bacteria; Leader peptidase; Membrane protein; Protein export; Proteolytic mechanism

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030850789     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00198-4     Document Type: Article

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