The properties and functions of bacterial aminopeptidases

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-231

  Jankiewicz, Urszula ^a   Bielawski, Wiesław ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidases; Functions; Localisation; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; 4 CHLOROMERCURIBENZOIC ACID; AMASTATIN; AMINOPEPTIDASE; AMINOPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ANTIPAIN; BESTATIN; CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IODOACETAMIDE; IODOACETIC ACID; LEUPEPTIN; METAL CHELATE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; QUINOLINOL DERIVATIVE; RNA POLYMERASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TOSYLLYSYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; TOSYLPHENYLALANYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CISTRON; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECRETION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; BACTERIA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0142024112     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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