Purification and characterization of an intracellular aspartyl acid proteinase (pumAi) from Ustilago maydis

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-175

  Mercado Flores, Yuridia ^a   Trejo Aguilar, Adriana ^a   Ramĩrez Zavala, Bernardo ^a   Villa Tanaca, Lourdes ^a   Hernández Rodríguez, César ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspartyl proteinase; Ustilago maydis; Yeast mycelium transition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; HEMOGLOBIN; ION EXCHANGE; PURIFICATION; YEAST;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; PROTEINASE;

ENZYMES;

ALBUMIN; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; CASEIN; COLLAGEN; FUNGAL ENZYME; GELATIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PEPSTATIN; PROTEIN PUMAI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

YEAST;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; USTILAGO;

USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 20444493186     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-125     Document Type: Article

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