Removal of N-terminal methionine from recombinant proteins by engineered E. coli methionine aminopeptidase

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1802-1810

  Liao, You Di ^a   Jeng, Jen Chong ^a   Wang, Chiu Feng ^a   Wang, Sui Chi ^a   Chang, Shu Ting ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E. coli MetAP; N terminal Met; Penultimate residue; Ribonuclease; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHIONYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; RANPIRNASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METHIONINE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RANA PIPIENS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANURA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 3042672710     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04679104     Document Type: Article

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