Characterization of two new aminopeptidases in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3671-3677

  Zheng, Yu ^a,c   Roberts, Richard J ^c   Kasif, Simon ^a,b   Guan, Chudi ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biomedical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOPEPTIDASE; AMINOPEPTIDASE YPDE; AMINOPEPTIDASE YPDF; METHIONINE; METHIONYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON; STOP CODON; YPDE GENE; YPDF GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CODON, INITIATOR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 18944408292     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.11.3671-3677.2005     Document Type: Article

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