Partial characterization of an enzyme fraction with protease activity which converts the spore peptidoglycan hydrolase (SleC) precursor to an active enzyme during germination of Clostridium perfringens S40 spores and analysis of a gene cluster involved in the activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3742-3751

  Shimamoto, S ^a   Moriyama, R ^a   Sugimoto, K ^a   Miyata, S ^a   Makino, S ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 [(3 CHOLAMIDOPROPYL)DIMETHYLAMMONIO] 1 PROPANESULFONIC ACID; ANION; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE DEPENDENT SERINE PROTEASE; GENE PRODUCT; GERMINATION SPECIFIC PROTEASE; HYDROLASE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; OXYANION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SPORE CORTEX LYTIC ENZYME; SUBTILISIN; SUBTILISIN LIKE SERINE PROTEASE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GERMINATION; HEAT TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUBTILISINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034981754     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.12.3742-3751.2001     Document Type: Article

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