The periplasmic nitrate reductase from Escherichia coli: A heterodimeric molybdoprotein with a double-arginine signal sequence and an unusual leader peptide cleavage site

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 167-171

  Thomas, Gavin ^a,b   Potter, Laura ^a   Cole, Jeff A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leader peptide; Nitrate reduction; Periplasmic nitrate reductase; Twin arginine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME; DIMER; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; COENZYMES; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METALLOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE REDUCTASES; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PTERIDINES; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0032957729     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00121-4     Document Type: Article

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