Characterization of the glutamyl endopeptidase from Staphylococcus aureus expressed in Escherichia coli

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 573-587

  Nemoto, Takayuki K ^a,d   Ohara Nemoto, Yuko ^a   Ono, Toshio ^a   Kobayakawa, Takeshi ^a   Shimoyama, Yu ^b   Kimura, Shigenobu ^b   Takagi, Takashi ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Glutamyl endopeptidase; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis; V8 protease

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMYL ENDOPEPTIDASE 1; GLUV8 ENZYME; HISTIDINE; PROTEINASE; SERINE; THERMOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMOLYSIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 38149018614     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06224.x     Document Type: Article

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