Structure and mechanism of action of the protease that degrades small, acid-soluble spore proteins during germination of spores of Bacillus species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 5077-5084

  Nessi, Claudio ^a   Jedrzejas, Mark J ^b   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME PRECURSOR; GERMINATION PROTEINASE; GUANIDINE; METAL ION; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM;

EID: 0031710470     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.19.5077-5084.1998     Document Type: Article

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