The twin-arginine signal peptide of Bacillus subtilis YwbN can direct either Tat- or Sec-dependent secretion of different cargo proteins: Secretion of active subtilisin via the B. subtilis Tat pathway

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7507-7513

  Kolkman, Marc A B ^a   Van Der Ploeg, René ^b   Bertels, Michael ^a   Van Dijk, Maurits ^b   Van Der Laan, Joop ^c   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^b   Ferrari, Eugenio ^c  

^a Genencor International BV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARGO PROTEINS; CYTOPLASMIC PROTEINS; E. COLI; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HETEROLOGOUS PROTEINS; MODEL PROTEINS; PROTEIN SECRETIONS; SIGNAL PEPTIDES; SUBTILIS; SUBTILISIN; TAT PATHWAYS; TAT SYSTEMS;

PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMYLASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SUBTILISIN;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SECRETION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBTILISIN;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 57449094805     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01401-08     Document Type: Article

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