Twin-arginine translocase may have a role in the chaperone function of NarJ from Escherichia coli

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 244-251

  Chan, Catherine S ^a   Howell, Jenika M ^a   Workentine, Matthew L ^a   Turner, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaperone; NarJ; Nitrate reductase A; Redox enzyme; Redox enzyme maturation protein; Twin arginine translocation

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHAPERONE; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAR WESTERN BLOTTING; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645108100     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.02.133     Document Type: Article

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