Novel Enzymatic Activity Derived from the Semliki Forest Virus Capsid Protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 376, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 721-735

  Morillas, Manuel ^a   Eberl, Heike ^a   Allain, FrédéricH T ^a   Glockshuber, Rudi ^a   Kuennemann, Eva ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C terminal residue; capsid protein; Michaelis Menten enzyme; natively unfolded proteins; serine protease

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CAPSID PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEACYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; STEADY STATE;

ALPHAVIRUS; MIRIDAE; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

EID: 38649133831     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.055     Document Type: Article

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