Biochemical and mutational analysis of a gingipain-like peptidase activity from Prevotella ruminicola B14 and its role in ammonia production by ruminal bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 670-675

  Madeira, H M F ^a   Peng, L ^a   Morrison, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PREVOTELLA; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RUMINANT STOMACH;

EID: 0030938831     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.2.670-675.1997     Document Type: Article

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