Translocation to the periplasm and signal sequence cleavage of preapocytochrome c depend on sec and lep, but not on the ccm gene products

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 794-799

  Thöny Meyer, Linda ^a   Künzler, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c biogenesis; Heme binding; Leader peptidase; Periplasm; Protein translocation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; ENZYME PRECURSOR; HEME; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0030953231     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00794.x     Document Type: Article

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