Comparison of Staphopain A (ScpA) and B (SspB) precursor activation mechanisms reveals unique secretion kinetics of proSspB (Staphopain B), and a different interaction with its cognate Staphostatin, SspC

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-177

  Nickerson, Nicholas ^a   Ip, Jessica ^a   Passos, Daniel T ^b   McGavin, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELASTIN; STAPHOPAIN A; STAPHOPAIN B; STAPHOPAIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOPLASM; ELASTIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 72949104561     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06974.x     Document Type: Article

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