Preceding hydrophobic and β-branched amino acids attenuate splicing by the CnePRP8 intein

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1774, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 995-1001

  Pearl, Esther J ^a   Bokor, Annika A M ^a   Butler, Margi I ^a   Poulter, Russell T M ^a   Wilbanks, Sigurd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus; Intein; Protein splicing

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROXYL GROUP; INTEIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SPLICING;

AMINO ACIDS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTEINS; PROTEIN SPLICING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 34547420623     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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