Substrate specificity of SpoIIGA, a signal-transducing aspartic protease in Bacilli

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 665-671

  Imamura, Daisuke ^a   Kuwana, Ritsuko ^a   Kroos, Lee ^b   Feig, Michael ^b   Takamatsu, Hiromu ^a   Watabe, Kazuhito ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; bacillus subtilis; sigma factor; signal transduction; sporulation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; PROLINE; SPO2GA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS HALODURANS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS HALODURANS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79957789140     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvr027     Document Type: Article

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