Analysis of the twin-arginine motif of a haloarchaeal Tat substrate

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-143

  Kwan, Daniel ^a   Bolhuis, Albert ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Halophilic archaea; Protein secretion; Signal peptide; Tat motif; Twin arginine translocation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMYH PROTEIN; ARGININE; LYSINE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMYLASE; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; HALOARCULA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; METABOLISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYLASES; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ARGININE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS;

HALOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77953506268     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02001.x     Document Type: Article

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