Escherichia coli DegP protease cleaves between paired hydrophobic residues in a natural substrate: The PapA pilin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5762-5771

  Jones, C Hal ^a   Dexter, Paul ^a   Evans, Amy K ^a   Liu, Christopher ^a   Hultgren, Scott J ^a   Hruby, Dennis E ^a  

^a WYETH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; COLICIN A; DEGP PROTEIN; PILIN; PROTEIN PAPA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036786221     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.20.5762-5771.2002     Document Type: Article

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