Archaeal homolog of bacterial type IV prepilin signal peptidases with broad substrate specificity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3918-3925

  Albers, Sonja Verena ^a   Szabó, Zalán ^a   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; GLUCOSE; PREPILIN PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN PIBD; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFOLOBUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038170287     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.13.3918-3925.2003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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