Structural and functional analysis of the S-layer protein crystallisation domain of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356: Evidence for protein-protein interaction of two subdomains

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 324, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 953-964

  Smit, Egbert ^a   Jager, Dennis ^a   Martinez, Beatriz ^a,b   Tielen, Frans J ^a   Pouwels, Peter H ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus; Mutagenesis; S protein; Subdomain; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; DNA; PEPTIDE; VITRONECTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SURFACE ARRAY PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SURFACE LAYER PROTEIN A, BACTERIA; VACCINE;

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MOLECULE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; ONCOGENE C MYC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ONCOGENE MYC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, MYC; GENETIC VECTORS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VACCINES;

EID: 0037073483     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01135-X     Document Type: Article

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