The chemistry and enzymology of the type I signal peptidases

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1129-1138

  Dalbey, Ross E ^a   Lively, Mark O ^b   Bron, Sierd ^c   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endoplasmic reticulum; Leader peptidase; Membrane protein; Protein secretion; Signal peptidase

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ENZYME; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EUBACTERIUM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030998468     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060601     Document Type: Review

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