The thermophilic, homohexameric aminopeptidase of Borrelia burgdorferi is a member of the M29 family of metallopeptidases

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2253-2261

  Bertin, Patrícia B ^a   Lozzi, Silene P ^a   Howell, Jerrilyn K ^b   Restrepo Cadavid, Glória ^a   Neves, David ^a   Teixeira, Antonio R L ^a   De Sousa, Marcelo V ^a   Norris, Steven J ^b   Santana, Jaime M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; BESTATIN; CELL EXTRACT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; LEUCINE; LEUCINE 7 AMIDO 4 METHYLCOUMARIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LYME DISEASE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE MASS FINGERPRINTING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPIROCHETE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ZYMOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME STABILITY; KINETICS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ZINC;

EID: 16244370987     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.4.2253-2261.2005     Document Type: Article

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