The conserved tetracysteine motif in the general secretory pathway component PulE is required for efficient pullulanase secretion

Gene

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-50

  Possot, Odile M ^a   Pugsley, Anthony P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

ATPase; Disulfide bond; Kinase; Outer membrane; Protein aggregation; Protein secretion; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; CYSTEINE; PULLULANASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA TRANSFER; ENZYME RELEASE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030920684     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00009-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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