Sedolisins, a new class of secreted proteases from Aspergillus fumigatus with endoprotease or tripeptidyl-peptidase activity at acidic pHs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1739-1748

  Reichard, Utz ^a   Léchenne, Barbara ^b   Asif, Abdul R ^a   Streit, Frank ^a   Grouzmann, Eric ^b   Jousson, Olivier ^c   Monod, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS; FUNGI; GENES; HYDROLYSIS; PROTEINS;

ACIDIC ENDOPROTEASE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENDOPROTEASE OR TRIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASE; HETEROLOGOUSLY; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROTEOLYTIC; PUTATIVE SECRETED SEDOLISINS; SECRETED PROTEASES; SEDOLISIN FAMILY; SEDOLISINS;

ENZYMES;

ALANYLPROLYLGLYCYLASPARTYLARGINYLISOLEUCYLTYROSYLVALYLHISTIDYLPROLYLPHENYLA LANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGINYLPROLYLGLYCINE; ASPARTYLARGINYLISOLEUCINE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DEFORMYLASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE; SEDOLISIN A; SEDOLISIN B; SEDOLISIN C; SEDOLISIN D; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TYROSYLVALYLHISTIDYLPROLYLPHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ENZYME;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SUPERNATANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; RABBITS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MEROPS; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 33644955761     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.3.1739-1748.2006     Document Type: Article

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