Different minimal signal peptide lengths recognized by the archaeal prepilin-like peptidases FlaK and PibD

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6732-6740

  Ng, Sandy Y M ^a   VanDyke, David J ^a   Chaban, Bonnie ^a   Wu, John ^a   Nosaka, Yoshika ^b   Aizawa, Shin Ichi ^b   Jarrell, Ken F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN FLAB 2; PROTEIN PREFLAGELLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; METHANOGEN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; METHANOCOCCUS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 70350462586     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00673-09     Document Type: Article

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