Using LC-MS with de novo software to fully characterize the multiple methylations of lysine residues in a recombinant fragment of an outer membrane protein from a virulent strain of Rickettsia prowazekii

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1702, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-152

  Chao, Chien Chung ^a,b   Wu, Shiaw Lin ^c   Ching, Wei Mei ^d  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Thermo Finnigan   (United States)

^d RDD/IDD/NMRC   (United States)

Author keywords

De novo sequencing; Ion trap; LC MS; Lysine methylation; Rickettsia prowazekii; SALSA

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ACCURACY; ADDITION REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBAMOYLATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; HUMANS; LYSINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SOFTWARE;

ANIMALIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 5444272447     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2004.08.013     Document Type: Article

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