Identification of amino acids in the leader peptide of Methanococcus voltae preflagellin that are important in posttranslational processing

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 263-269

  Thomas, Nikhil A ^a   Chao, Edward D ^a   Jarrell, Ken F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaea; Flagella; Flagellin; Leader peptide; Methanococcus voltae; Mutants; Peptidase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; FLAGELLIN; GLYCINE; LYSINE; PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FLAGELLIN; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035028932     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030100254     Document Type: Article

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