HtrA is the unique surface housekeeping protease in Lactococcus lactis and is required for natural protein processing

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1042-1051

  Poquet, Isabelle ^a   Saint, Véronique ^a   Seznec, Erwan ^a   Simoes, Nathalie ^a   Bolotin, Alexander ^b   Gruss, Alexandra ^a  

^a URLGA Inst Natl Rech A   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE INACTIVATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCI; LACTOCOCCI LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034108191     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01757.x     Document Type: Article

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