Molecular diversity of a putative virulence factor: Purification and characterization of isoforms of an extracellular serine glutamyl endopeptidase of Enterococcus faecalis with different enzymatic activities

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 266-275

  Kawalec, Magdalena ^a,c   Potempa, Jan ^b,d   Moon, Jonathan L ^b   Travis, James ^b   Murray, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ENZYME PRECURSOR; FIBRINOGEN; GELATINASE; INSULIN; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN TX5264; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE V8; SERINE; SERINE GLUTAMYL ENDOPEPTIDASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SPRE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GELE GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPRE GENE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME STABILITY; INSULIN; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 11144333056     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.1.266-275.2005     Document Type: Article

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