The net charge of the first 18 residues of the mature sequence affects protein translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane of gram-negative bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2163-2169

  Kajava, Andrey V ^a   Zolov, Sergey N ^b   Kalinin, Andrey E ^b,c   Nesmeyanova, Marina A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034029906     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.8.2163-2169.2000     Document Type: Article

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