Bacillus subtilis AprX involved in degradation of a heterologous protein during the late stationary growth phase

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-143

  Kodama, Takeko ^a,b   Endo, Keiji ^a   Sawada, Kazuhisa ^a   Ara, Katsutoshi ^a   Ozaki, Katsuya ^a   Kakeshita, Hiroshi ^a,c   Yamane, Kunio ^d   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^b  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AprX protease; Bacillus subtilis; heterologous protein; zymography

Indexed keywords

APRX PROTEASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV); HETEROLOGOUS PROTEIN; ZYMOGRAPHY;

CELL CULTURE; GROWTH KINETICS; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID; AMYLASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PRES2 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN APRX; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH CURVE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ZYMOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 34548604939     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.104.135     Document Type: Article

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