FlaK of the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis possesses preflagellin peptidase activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-59

  Bardy, Sonia L ^a   Jarrell, Ken F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaea; Archaeal flagellum; Preflagellin peptidase

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; FLAGELLIN; PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN FLAB2; PROTEIN FLAK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE;

EID: 0037133374     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00579-1     Document Type: Article

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