The prosequence of thermolysin acts as an intramolecular chaperone when expressed in trans with the mature sequence in Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1911-1915

  Marie Claire, Cynthia ^a   Ruffet, Emmanuel ^a   Beaumont, Ann ^a   Roques, Bernard P ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Pharmacochimie   (France)

Author keywords

Intramolecular chaperone; Prosequence; Site directed mutagenesis; Thermolysin; Zinc metallopeptidase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHAPERONE; GLUTAMIC ACID; THERMOLYSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0033524956     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2449     Document Type: Article

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