The atypical amino-terminal LPNTG-containing domain of the pneumococcal human IgA1-specific protease is required for proper enzyme localization and function

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 526-543

  Bender, Matthew H ^a   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; LEUCYLPROLYLASPARAGYLTHREONYLGLYCINE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; SORTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33748507350     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05256.x     Document Type: Article

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