Substrate specificity of the Escherichia coli outer membrane protease OmpT

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 5919-5925

  McCarter, John D ^a,b,e   Stephens, Daren ^a,d   Shoemaker, Kevin ^a,c   Rosenberg, Steve ^a,c   Kirsch, Jack F ^a,b   Georgiou, George ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^e AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCINE; LYSINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEASE OMPT; PLASMINOGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4344603667     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.17.5919-5925.2004     Document Type: Article

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