A mutant HemA protein with positive charge close to the N terminus is stabilized against heme-regulated proteolysis in Salmonella typhimurium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 6033-6041

  Wang, Liying ^a   Wilson, Sandra ^a   Elliott, Thomas ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLUTAMIC ACID TRANSFER RNA; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN STABILITY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

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

EID: 0032841896     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.6033-6041.1999     Document Type: Article

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