A novel aminopeptidase associated with the 60 kDa chaperonin in the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 775-785

  Condò, Ivano ^a   Ruggero, Davide ^a   Reinhardt, Richard ^b   Londei, Paola ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; CHAPERONIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAPERONIN 60; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RABBITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFOLOBUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0031904531     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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