First identification of a phosphorylcholine-substituted protein from Caenorhabditis elegans: Isolation and characterization of the aspartyl protease ASP-6

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 387, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1487-1493

  Lochnit, Günter ^a   Grabitzki, Julia ^a   Henkel, Björn ^a   Tavernarakis, Nektarios ^b   Geyer, Rudolf ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mass spectrometry; Nematodes; Posttranslational modification; Protease

Indexed keywords

ASPARTYL PROTEASE 6; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEAE; ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 33750620184     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2006.186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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