Processing of the N termini of nascent polypeptide chains requires deformylation prior to methionine removal

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 607-614

  Solbiati, José ^b   Chapman Smith, Anne ^b   Miller, Judith L ^b   Miller, Charles G ^b   Cronan Jr , John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Deformylase; Formyl group; Formylation; Methionine aminopeptidase; Protein initiation

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; METHIONINE; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REPORTER GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032766060     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2913     Document Type: Article

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