Residues in a conserved α-helical segment are required for cleavage but not secretion of an Escherichia coli serine protease autotransporter passenger domain

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3748-3756

  Dautin, Nathalie ^a,b   Bernstein, Harris D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTACTIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79960436639     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05070-11     Document Type: Article

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