Variant c-type cytochromes as probes of the substrate specificity of the E. coli cytochrome c maturation (Ccm) apparatus

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 419, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-184

  Allen, James W A ^a   Sawyer, Elizabeth B ^b   Ginger, Michael L ^c   Barker, Paul D ^b   Ferguson, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogenesis; C type cytochrome; Cytochrome b562; Cytochrome c maturation; Haem binding motif; Post translational modification

Indexed keywords

BIOGENESIS; C-TYPE CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME B562; CYTOCHROME C MATURATION; HAEM-BINDING MOTIF; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION;

OXYGEN; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C; OXYGEN; SULFUR; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME B562, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HEME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL MATURATION; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; CYTOCHROMES C; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62749109417     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20081999     Document Type: Article

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