Identification of a region required for binding to presecretory protein in Bacillus subtilis Ffh, a homologue of the 54-kDa subunit of mammalian signal recognition particle

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 575-582

  Takamatsu, Hiromu ^a,b   Bunai, Keigo ^a   Horinaka, Tomoko ^a   Oguro, Akihiro ^a   Nakamura, Kouji ^a   Watabe, Kazuhito ^b   Yamane, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis Ffth; Mammalian 54 kDa subunit of signal recognition particle; Protein translocation; Signal peptide binding; Signal recognition particle like

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030964713     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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