Characterisation of preYvaY export reveals differences in the substrate specificities of Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli leader peptidases

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-156

  Linde, Dirk ^a   Marischen, Lothar ^a   Müller, Jörg P ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

PreYvaY processing; Protein targeting; Protein translocation; Signal peptidase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; TYPE I SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN SECA; PROTEIN SECB; PROTEIN YVAY; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1542438823     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00663-3     Document Type: Article

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