Development of an operational substrate for ZapA, a metalloprotease secreted by the bacterium Proteus mirabilis

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 765-770

  Fernandes, B L ^a   Aneas M A F ^a   Juliano, L ^b   Palma, M S ^c   Lebrun, I ^d   Portaro, F C V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Metalloprotease; Proteus mirabilis; Quenched fluorescence peptides; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

AZOCASEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CASEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; SERRALYSIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CASEINS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034221019     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2000000700006     Document Type: Article

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